A visit to the Vesta 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 Vesta Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Vesta Cemetery (FG ID #101587).
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 Vesta Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Vesta Cemetery:
40.3629, -96.3415
The Vesta Cemetery is located in Johnson County<2>.
The county seat for Johnson County is located in Tecumseh. Tecumseh lies just to the east of the Vesta Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Vesta Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> of the Vesta Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Vesta Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Crab Orchard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Pauls UCC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Mary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sterling Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- Granite Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Andrews Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hooker Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Hooker Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker Cemetery
- Lewiston Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rinne Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tecumseh Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Highland Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Highland Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
- Filley Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Filley Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filley Cemetery
- Salem's Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Spring Creek Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Helena Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wilcox Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 17 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Vesta Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Vesta Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Vesta
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Crab Orchard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Mary
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sterling
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tecumseh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lewiston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Adams
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Filley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Virginia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Steinauer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Graf ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Burr
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Burchard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rockford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas
(16 miles [25.7 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 Vesta 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 Vesta Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Adams
- Burchard
- Burr
- Cook
- Cook lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the Northeast (NE) of the Vesta Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Cook.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Crab Orchard
- Douglas
- Elk Creek
- Filley
- Firth
- Graf - Historic
- Johnson
- Liberty
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Continue List (8 more)
- Pawnee City
- Steinauer
- Sterling
- Table Rock
- Talmage
- Tecumseh
- Virginia
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 Vesta 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 Vesta Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #101587
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #834378 (Vesta Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #834378 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: 388 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Vesta
- Location given for Vesta Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.3630554 Lon: -96.3416798
- 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Vesta 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. |