A visit to the Steele 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 Steele Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Steele Cemetery (FG ID #101490)
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 Steele Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Steele Cemetery
Lat: 40.0675° (40° 4' 3")
Lon: -95.6224° (-95° 37' 20")
The Steele Cemetery is located in Richardson County<2>.
The county seat for Richardson County is located in Falls City. Falls City lies just to the east of the Steele Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Steele Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Steele Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Piersons Point Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Falls City Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Archer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Marks Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Verdon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cornelison Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cornelison Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cornelison Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Cornelison Cemetery is located in Brown County (KS)
- Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- St. John Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fricke Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty - Cornel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Brown County (KS)
- Heater Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New St. Anns Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New St. Anns Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New St. Anns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The New St. Anns Cemetery is located in Richardson County
- St. Annes Catholic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cupola Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Twp. Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Morrill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morrill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morrill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Morrill Cemetery is located in Brown County (KS)
- Hart Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hart Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Hart Cemetery is located in Brown County (KS)
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rulo Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Arago Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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 Steele Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Steele Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Falls City
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falls City have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
- Falls City is located in Richardson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,076 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falls City <7>
- Straussville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Preston
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Preston have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Preston is located in Richardson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Salem
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Reserve
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Verdon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Arago ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Arago. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arago
- Arago is located in Richardson County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Arago
- From the Steele Cemetery to Arago
- Morrill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morrill have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrill
- Morrill is located in Brown County (KS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Hamlin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamlin have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
- Hamlin is located in Brown County (KS)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Hamlin has also been known as:
- Hamilton
- Padonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rulo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rulo have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rulo
- Rulo is located in Richardson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rulo <7>
- Barada
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Dawson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shubert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sun Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Stella
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nim City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nim City have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nim City
- Nim City is located in Richardson County
- Berwick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Berwick. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- Berwick is located in Nemaha County (KS)
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Berwick
- From the Steele Cemetery to Berwick
- Sabetha
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Big Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Saint Deroin ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hiawatha
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Craig
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Corning
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Corning. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Corning is located in Holt County (MO)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Corning
- From the Steele Cemetery to Corning
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 Steele Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Richardson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Steele Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Corning
- Craig
- Craig lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Steele Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Craig.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Dawson
- Falls City
- Hamlin
- Hiawatha
- Morrill
- Rulo
- Sabetha
- Salem
- Shubert
- Stella
- Verdon
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Steele Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Richardson County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) 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 Steele Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #833802 (Steele Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #833802 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: Falls City
- County: Richardson Elev: 311
- Location given for GNIS #833802 (Steele Cemetery)
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #101490
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Richardson County: www.co.richardson.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 Richardson, 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 things 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 Steele Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0675, Longitude: -95.6224 |
<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. |