A visit to the Summit 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 Summit Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Summit Cemetery (FG ID #2313850)
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 Summit Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Summit Cemetery
Lat: 40.5016° (40° 30' 5")
Lon: -97.0455° (-97° 2' 43")
The Summit Cemetery is located in Saline County<2>.
The county seat for Saline County is located in Wilber. Wilber lies just to the east southeast of the Summit Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> of the Summit Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Summit Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Wilber Czech Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Waymire Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sunny Side Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bohemian National Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Fork Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Plummers Branch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove 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.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Trinity Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Blue Valley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Heart Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Heart Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Heart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Heart Cemetery is located in Saline County
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- South Fork Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Swan Valley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Riverside Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Monroe Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Plainview Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dorchester Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Gilbert Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kramer Community Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. John Lutheran Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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 Summit Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Summit Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Wilber
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Swanton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- De Witt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crete
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Western
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dorchester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Clatonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Kramer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Berks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hallam
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Plymouth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Plymouth is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 379 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth <7>
- Camden ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Camden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<8>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
- Camden is located in Seward County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Camden
- From the Summit Cemetery to Camden
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Tobias
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Friend
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cortland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cortland have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
- Cortland is located in Gage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cortland <7>
- Sprague
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Martell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Milligan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Daykin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daykin have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daykin
- Daykin is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Daykin <7>
- Milford
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pickrell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Princeton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Denton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
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 Summit Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Saline County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Summit Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cortland
- Crete
- Crete lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Summit Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Crete.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crete
- Daykin
- De Witt
- Denton
- Dorchester
- Friend
- Hallam
- Milford
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Continue List (6 more)
- Plymouth
- Swanton
- Tobias
- Western
- Wilber
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 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 Summit Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Saline 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 Summit Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1882466 (Summit Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #1882466 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: Pleasant Hill
- County: Saline Elev: 430
- Location given for GNIS #1882466 (Summit Cemetery)
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2313850
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Saline County: www.co.saline.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 Saline, 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 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 Summit Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5016, Longitude: -97.0455 |
<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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Milligan and Wilber. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
<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. |
<8> | 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. |