A visit to the Tamora 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 Tamora Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Tamora Cemetery (FG ID #101531).
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 Tamora Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Tamora Cemetery:
40.9025, -97.2303
The Tamora Cemetery is located in Seward County<2>.
The county seat for Seward County is located in Seward. Seward lies just to the east of the Tamora Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Tamora Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the Tamora Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Tamora Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Perry Mound Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Anderson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Our Redeemer Lutheran Country Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Utica Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Prairie Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Immanuel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Staplehurst Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Faith Lutheran Church - North
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dewitt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Salem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Seward Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Walnut Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Salem UMC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dewitt Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Dewitt Cemetery is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewitt Cemetery
- Cashler Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ruby Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dry Creek Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Dry Creek Cemetery is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Tamora Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Tamora Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Tamora
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Goehner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Staplehurst
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Utica
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Seward
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Beaver Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ruby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ulysses
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Milford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gresham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Waco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Grover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Garland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cordova
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Surprise
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Thayer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dwight
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Friend
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Dale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Tamora Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Seward County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Tamora Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Beaver Crossing
- Dorchester
- Dwight
- Friend
- Garrison
- Goehner
- Gresham
- Milford
- Seward
- Staplehurst
- Surprise
- Tamora
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Continue List (4 more)
- Utica
- Waco
- York
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 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 Tamora Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Seward 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 Tamora Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #101531
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #834028 (Tamora Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #834028 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: Seward
- Est. Elev: 473 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Staplehurst
- Location given for Tamora Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.9022321 Lon: -97.2303204
- 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 Seward, 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 from Point A (ie- Tamora 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |