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. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused 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
Lat: 40.8525° (40° 51' 8")
Lon: -96.0272° (-96° 1' 37")
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 .
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)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eatons Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eatons Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Eatons Cemetery is located in Cass County
- Sciota Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kenosha Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kenosha Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kenosha Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Kenosha Cemetery is located in Cass County
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100859 <1>
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)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weeping Water have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeping Water
- Weeping Water is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,094 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weeping Water <7>
- Avoca
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avoca have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Avoca is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avoca <7>
- 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)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manley have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manley
- Manley is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manley <7>
- 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)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otoe have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otoe
- Otoe is located in Otoe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Otoe <7>
- 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)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunbar have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Dunbar is located in Otoe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunbar <7>
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- Bartlett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Plattsmouth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plattsmouth have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsmouth
- Plattsmouth is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,416 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plattsmouth <7>
- 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)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Cedar Creek is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 409 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Creek <7>
- Percival
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Percival have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Percival
- Percival is located in Fremont County (IA)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Percival <7>
- Elmwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmwood have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Elmwood is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elmwood <7>
- 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)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cullom. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullom
- Cullom is located in Cass County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Cullom
- From the St. Johns Cemetery to Cullom
- 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)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bend
- South Bend is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Bend <7>
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 start with 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:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the St. Johns Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #832897 (Saint Johns Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #832897 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
- Class: cemetery Map Name: Avoca
- County: Cass Elev: 333
- Location given for GNIS #832897 (Saint Johns Cemetery)
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #101300
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Cass County: www.cassne.org/
The official website for State of Nebraska: https://www.nebraska.gov/
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 '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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the St. Johns Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8525, Longitude: -96.0272 |
<4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |
<5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
<6> | 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. |
<7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |