A visit to the Saint Wenceslaus 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. Wenceslaus Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The St. Wenceslaus Cemetery (FG ID #1994348).
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. Wenceslaus Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery:
40.9161, -98.8735
The St. Wenceslaus Cemetery is located in Buffalo County<2>.
The county seat for Buffalo County is located in Kearney. Kearney lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the southwest of the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km] of the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Wenceslaus Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Burgess Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sodtown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Majors Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Highland Park Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- St. Mary Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Prairie Center Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Horak Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sweetwater Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Poor Farm Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gibbon Riverside Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cameron Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hayestown Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasanton Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fairmont Pioneer Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Shelton Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Wenceslaus Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Poole
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nantasket ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Nantasket is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantasket
- Ravenna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Prairie Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gibbon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sweetwater
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasanton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shelton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cameron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Howard City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Howard City is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Boelus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rockville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Glenwood Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Buda
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wood River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cairo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Denman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hazard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riverdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kearney
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Valley City ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Valley City is located in Kearney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
- Sartoria
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Newark
(19 miles [30.6 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 St. Wenceslaus Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Buffalo County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Wenceslaus Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alda
- Alda lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the East (E) of the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Alda.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alda
- Amherst
- Cairo
- Cairo lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Cairo.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Gibbon
- Hazard
- Kearney
- Newark
- Newark lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Newark.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Ravenna
- Sartoria
- Shelton
- Wood River
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 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. Wenceslaus Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Buffalo 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. Wenceslaus Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1994348
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 Buffalo, 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- St. Wenceslaus 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. |