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Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Swanson Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Swanson Cemetery (FG ID #101521)

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 Swanson Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   41.4806°   (41° 28' 50")

Lon:   -99.3476°   (-99° 20' 51")

The Swanson Cemetery is located in Custer County<2>.

The county seat for Custer County is located in Broken Bow. Broken Bow lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Swanson Cemetery .

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Swanson Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Nebraska:
  • Pages specific to Custer 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 Swanson Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 23 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Swanson Cemetery.

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

    • Weissert
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Wescott
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wescott
      • Wescott is located in Custer County
    • Westerville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Comstock
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comstock have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
      • Comstock is located in Custer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Comstock <4>
    • Berwyn
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berwyn have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
      • Berwyn is located in Custer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berwyn <4>
    • Sargent
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Arcadia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Ansley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Broken Bow
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Bow
      • Broken Bow is located in Custer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,437 people
      • Broken Bow has also been known as:
      • Brokenbow
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broken Bow <4>
    • Mason City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mason City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason City
      • Mason City is located in Custer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason City <4>
    • Gates
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
      • Gates is located in Custer County
    • Taylor
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Continue List   (11 more) ...
      • Merna
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merna have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merna
        • Merna is located in Custer County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Merna <4>
      • Elyria
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elyria have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elyria
        • Elyria is located in Valley County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elyria <4>
      • New Helena
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Helena
        • New Helena is located in Custer County
      • Buckeye
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
        • Buckeye is located in Custer County
      • North Loup City
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Loup City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Loup City
        • North Loup City is located in Sherman County
      • Ord
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ord
        • Ord is located in Valley County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,052 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ord <4>
      • Burwell
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Litchfield
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Litchfield have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield
        • Litchfield is located in Sherman County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Litchfield <4>
      • Loup City
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loup City
        • Loup City is located in Sherman County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
        • Loup City has also been known as:
        • Loup
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loup City <4>
      • Willow Springs ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
        • Willow Springs is located in Garfield County
      • Almeria
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almeria
        • Almeria is located in Loup County

    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 Swanson Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Custer County.

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

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 15 miles [24.1 km] of the Swanson Cemetery.<6>

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

    • Dry Valley Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lone Tree Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Westerville Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Douglas Grove Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Franch Tableland Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • North Lee's Park Catholic Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Somerford Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • The Somerford Cemetery is located in Custer County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Somerford Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the northeast of Sargent.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Somerford Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101465 <1>
    • Liberty - Kingston Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lee Park Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Round Park Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Longwood Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Round Valley Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Continue List   (8 more) ...
      • Janesville Cemetery
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Ansley Cemetery
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Arcadia Cemetery
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Mt. Hope Cemetery
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • St. Marys Cemetery
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • West Union Cemetery
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Balsora Cemetery
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Czech National Cemetery
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • The Czech National Cemetery is located in Valley County
        • The Czech National Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Bohemian Cemetery
        • Bohemian National Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Czech National Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100411 <1>

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

    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 Swanson Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #833981  (Swanson Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #833981 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: Ansley NE
      • County: Custer         Elev: 775
      • Location given for GNIS #833981 (Swanson Cemetery)
    • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #101521

    The official website for Custer County: www.co.custer.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 Custer, 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 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 Swanson Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4806, Longitude: -99.3476    
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <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>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.




 

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