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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 Waco Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Waco Cemetery (FG ID #521383)

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 Waco Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   40.8939°   (40° 53' 38")

Lon:   -97.4670°   (-97° 28' 1")

The Waco Cemetery is located in York County<2>.

The county seat for York County is located in York. York lies just to the west southwest of the Waco Cemetery .

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Waco Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Nebraska:
  • Pages specific to York County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Waco Cemetery.

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

    • Waco
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Thayer
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
      • Thayer is located in York County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
    • York
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Utica
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Gresham
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Benedict
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • McCool Junction
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Beaver Crossing
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Tamora
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamora
      • Tamora is located in Seward County
    • Cordova
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Goehner
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Bradshaw
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Continue List   (11 more) ...
      • Stromsburg
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Staplehurst
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Surprise
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
        • Surprise is located in Butler County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
      • Lushton
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lushton
        • Lushton is located in York County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
      • Exeter
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Exeter have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
        • Exeter is located in Fillmore County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 525 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Exeter <4>
      • Fairmont
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Ulysses
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Arborville
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arborville
        • Arborville is located in York County
      • Henderson
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Friend
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Seward
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • 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>

    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 Waco Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in York County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Waco 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 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Waco Cemetery.<6>

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

    • Ebenezer Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rosemond Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • St. Johns Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Zion Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • St. Josephs Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Vernon Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Palo Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • St. Paul Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Utica Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Greenwood Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Cashler Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • The Cashler Cemetery is located in York County
      • The Cashler Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Union Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cashler Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100467 <1>
    • Dewitt Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dewitt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Dewitt Cemetery is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dewitt Cemetery
    • Continue List   (8 more) ...
      • Dry Creek Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dry Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Dry Creek Cemetery is located in York County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dry Creek Cemetery
      • Gilmore Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Holoch Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Blue Valley Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Prairie Grove Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Dewitt Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • The Dewitt Cemetery is located in Seward County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dewitt Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the south of Utica.
        • The Dewitt Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Blue Ridge Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dewitt Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100541 <1>
      • St. Peter's Lutheran Church Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)

    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 Waco Cemetery:

    The official website for York County: www.yorkcounty.ne.gov/

    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 York, 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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Waco Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8939, Longitude: -97.4670    
    <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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