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A visit to the Shelton 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 Shelton Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Shelton Cemetery (FG ID #807945)

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 Shelton Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Shelton Cemetery

Lat:   40.7726°   (40° 46' 21")

Lon:   -98.7137°   (-98° 42' 49")

The Shelton Cemetery is located in Hall County<2>.

The county seat for Hall County is located in Grand Island. Grand Island lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Shelton Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 16 miles [25.7 km] of the Shelton Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Shelton Cemetery, with the nearest first.

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Shelton Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Shelton Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Shelton
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelton have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton
    • Shelton is located in Buffalo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,055 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelton <7>
  • Denman
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Wood River
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Gibbon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gibbon have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbon
    • Gibbon is located in Buffalo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,875 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gibbon <7>
  • Hayland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Prosser
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prosser have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosser
    • Prosser is located in Adams County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
  • Kenesaw
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kenesaw have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenesaw
    • Kenesaw is located in Adams County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 950 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kenesaw <7>
  • Cameron
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Valley City ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley City have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
    • Valley City is located in Kearney County
  • Buda
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Buda. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buda
    • Buda is located in Buffalo County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Buda
    • From the Shelton Cemetery to Buda
  • Heartwell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heartwell have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartwell
    • Heartwell is located in Kearney County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heartwell <7>
  • Alda
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alda have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alda
    • Alda is located in Hall County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alda <7>
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...

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 Shelton Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Hall County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Shelton Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Alda
    • Alda lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Shelton Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Alda.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alda
  • Cairo
    • Cairo lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Shelton Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Cairo.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
  • Doniphan
  • Gibbon
    • Gibbon lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Shelton Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Gibbon.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbon
  • Juniata
  • Kearney
  • Kenesaw
  • Newark
  • Ravenna
  • Shelton
  • Wood River

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 helpful 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 Shelton Cemetery:

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 Shelton Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #833383  (Shelton Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #833383 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: Horace
    • County: Hall         Elev: 668
    • Location given for GNIS #833383 (Shelton Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #807945

The official website for Hall County: www.hcgi.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 Hall, 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 things 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 Shelton Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7726, Longitude: -98.7137    
<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.




 

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