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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 Union Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Union Cemetery (FG ID #101565)

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 Union Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   41.0756°   (41° 4' 32")

Lon:   -97.0425°   (-97° 2' 33")

The Union Cemetery is located in Butler County<2>.

The county seat for Butler County is located in David City. David City lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Union Cemetery .

Establishment of the Union Cemetery ...

The Union Cemetery was established February 16, 1889.

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 either 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 Union Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Nebraska:
  • Pages specific to Butler 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 Union 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 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Union Cemetery.

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

    • Dwight
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Bee
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee
      • Bee is located in Seward County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bee <4>
    • Loma
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma
      • Loma is located in Butler County
    • Brainard
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Ulysses
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Staplehurst
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Garland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Garrison
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
      • Garrison is located in Butler County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
    • Seward
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seward have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
      • Seward is located in Seward County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,363 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seward <4>
    • Valparaiso
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Millerton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
      • Millerton is located in Butler County
    • Agnew
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnew
      • Agnew is located in Lancaster County
    • Continue List   (9 more) ...
      • David City
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Malcolm
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bruno
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Surprise
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
        • Surprise is located in Butler County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
      • Tamora
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamora
        • Tamora is located in Seward County
      • Raymond
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Rising City
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Ruby
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruby have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
        • Ruby is located in Seward County
      • Weston
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)

    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 Union Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Butler County.

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

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Union Cemetery.<6>

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

    • Ware Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • St. Wenceslaus Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Union Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Loma Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Loma Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Loma Cemetery is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Loma Cemetery
    • St. Lukes Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • The St. Lukes Cemetery is located in Butler County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Lukes Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Loma.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Lukes Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100918 <1>
    • Grim Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • The Grim Cemetery is located in Butler County
      • The Grim Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Grimm Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grim Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100720 <1>
    • Oak Grove Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Brainard Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • The Brainard Cemetery is located in Butler County
      • The Brainard Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Brainard IOOF Cemetery
      • Brainard IOOF Cemetery
      • Old Brainard Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brainard Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2441498 <1>
    • Old Catholic Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • The Old Catholic Cemetery is located in Butler County
      • The Old Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Old Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Catholic Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2441517 <1>
    • Bohemian National Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Holy Trinity Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • St. Francis Catholic Church Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Continue List   (9 more) ...
      • Garrison Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Faith Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery East
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Karpisek Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Karpisek Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
        • The Karpisek Cemetery is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Karpisek Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100849 <1>
      • St. Marys Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Butler County
        • The St. Marys Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Immaculate Conception Catholic Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101349 <1>
      • Ulysses Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Immanuel Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Staplehurst Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Germantown Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Zion Lutheran Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)

    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 Union Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #834265  (Union Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #834265 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: Dwight
      • County: Butler         Elev: 490
      • Location given for GNIS #834265 (Union Cemetery)
    • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #101565

    The official website for Butler County: www.co.butler.ne.us/

    The official website for State of Nebraska: 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 Butler, 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 Union Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0756, Longitude: -97.0425    
    <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.
    <7>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.




 

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