A visit to the Sterling 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 Sterling Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Sterling Cemetery (FG ID #101493).
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 Sterling Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sterling Cemetery:
40.4587, -96.3586
The Sterling Cemetery is located in Johnson County<2>.
The county seat for Johnson County is located in Tecumseh. Tecumseh lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the southeast of the Sterling Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Sterling Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Sterling Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sterling Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Mary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- Granite Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hooker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Hooker Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker Cemetery
- Vesta Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Helena Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wilcox Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hope Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dughman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Dughman Cemetery is located in Otoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dughman Cemetery
- The Dughman Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crabtree Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100559 <1>
- Douglas Rosehill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- St. Martins Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Highland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Highland Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
- Crab Orchard Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- St. Andrews Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Solon Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pella Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cook Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- St. Pauls UCC Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tecumseh Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Sterling Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sterling Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Sterling
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Saint Mary
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burr
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vesta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Adams
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Crab Orchard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Douglas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Tecumseh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Panama
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Graf ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Firth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Filley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lewiston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Holland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Virginia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Syracuse
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Unadilla
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bennet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Palmyra
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Steinauer
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Talmage
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hickman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cortland
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
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 Sterling Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Johnson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sterling Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Adams
- Bennet
- Burr
- Burr lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Sterling Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Burr.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr
- Cook
- Cook lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Sterling Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Cook.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cortland
- Crab Orchard
- Douglas
- Elk Creek
- Filley
- Firth
- Firth lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Sterling Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Firth.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firth
- Graf - Historic
- Graf lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Sterling Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Graf.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graf
- Hickman
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Continue List (9 more)
- Panama
- Steinauer
- Sterling
- Syracuse
- Talmage
- Tecumseh
- Unadilla
- Virginia
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 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 Sterling Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Johnson 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 Sterling Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #101493
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #833813 (Sterling Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #833813 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Johnson
- Est. Elev: 376 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Saint Mary
- Location given for Sterling Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.4586107 Lon: -96.3586242
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Johnson, 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- Sterling 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Panama and Douglas. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |