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 #101406)
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. Wenceslaus Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery
Lat: 41.0060° (41° 0' 21")
Lon: -97.0436° (-97° 2' 36")
The St. Wenceslaus Cemetery is located in Seward County<2>.
The county seat for Seward County is located in Seward. Seward lies just to the south southwest of the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Wenceslaus Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Germantown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Assumption Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Seward Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ware Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Immanuel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Staplehurst Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Trinity Cemetery is located in Seward County
- Faith Lutheran Church - North
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Our Redeemer Lutheran Country Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Grim Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Karpisek Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ulysses Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Faith Lutheran East Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Loma Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Loma Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Loma Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Loma Cemetery is located in Butler County
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 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.
- Bee
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Garland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dwight
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Staplehurst
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Seward
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seward have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
- Seward is located in Seward County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,363 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seward <7>
- Loma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ulysses
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Malcolm
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Agnew
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Tamora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ruby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ruby. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- Ruby is located in Seward County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Ruby
- From the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery to Ruby
- Valparaiso
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Brainard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Garrison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Raymond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Goehner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Dale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Millerton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Surprise
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Milford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Utica
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- David City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Emerald
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Seward County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Wenceslaus Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brainard
- David City
- Dwight
- Garrison
- Goehner
- Gresham
- Milford
- Rising City
- Seward
- Seward lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Seward.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Continue List (6 more)
- Surprise
- Tamora
- Ulysses
- Utica
- Utica lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Utica.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Valparaiso
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 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 St. Wenceslaus Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Seward 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. Wenceslaus 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. Wenceslaus Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #833113 (Saint Wenceslaus Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #833113 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: Dwight
- County: Seward Elev: 476
- Location given for GNIS #833113 (Saint Wenceslaus Cemetery)
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #101406
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Seward County: www.connectseward.org/cgov/
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 Seward, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the St. Wenceslaus Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0060, Longitude: -97.0436 |
<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> | 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. |
<6> | 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. |
<7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |