A visit to the Saint Joseph 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. Joseph Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The St. Joseph Cemetery (FG ID #101320)
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. Joseph Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Joseph Cemetery
Lat: 41.4050° (41° 24' 18")
Lon: -99.6652° (-99° 39' 54")
The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Custer County<2>.
The county seat for Custer County is located in Broken Bow. Broken Bow lies just to the east of the St. Joseph Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> of the St. Joseph Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Joseph Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Broken Bow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hilldale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Merna Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Franch Tableland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- St. Andrews Catholic Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Janesville Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Tree Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- New Hope Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Round Valley Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ortello Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Westerville Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Victoria Springs Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lodi Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ansley Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Valley Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsbury Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Somerford Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gates Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 16 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the St. Joseph Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Joseph Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Broken Bow
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Merna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merna have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merna
- Merna is located in Custer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Merna <5>
- Berwyn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berwyn have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
- Berwyn is located in Custer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berwyn <5>
- Weissert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- New Helena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Westerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Callaway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Buckeye
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ansley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Anselmo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oconto
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Cumro ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mason City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mason City have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason City
- Mason City is located in Custer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason City <5>
- Wescott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sargent
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
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. Joseph Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Custer County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Joseph Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Anselmo
- Ansley
- Arcadia
- Arnold
- Broken Bow
- Callaway
- Eddyville
- Mason City
- Merna
- New Helena
- Oconto
- Sargent
- Taylor
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 St. Joseph Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Custer 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. Joseph 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. Joseph Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #832942 (Saint Joseph Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #832942 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: Broken Bow
- County: Custer Elev: 765
- Location given for GNIS #832942 (Saint Joseph Cemetery)
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #101320
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Custer County: www.co.custer.ne.us/
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 Custer, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the St. Joseph Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4050, Longitude: -99.6652 |
<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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<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. |