A visit to the West Blue 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 West Blue Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The West Blue Cemetery (FG ID #2269947).
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 West Blue Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the West Blue Cemetery:
40.6985, -97.0265
The West Blue Cemetery is located in Seward County<2>.
The county seat for Seward County is located in Seward. Seward lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the north northwest of the West Blue Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the West Blue Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the West Blue Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from West Blue Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Goldhammer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Camden Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Mound Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dorchester Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Milford Mennonite Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Mills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Heart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Heart Cemetery is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heart Cemetery
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ruby Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Englehaupt Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Valley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hartmann Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Dale Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Salem UMC Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Precinct Pioneer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Denton Sunnyside Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the West Blue Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from West Blue Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Camden ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Dorchester
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Milford
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Grover
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Crete
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Berks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Dale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ruby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Denton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kramer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Emerald
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Friend
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Goehner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Martell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Beaver Crossing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Seward
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Wilber
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sprague
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hallam
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Malcolm
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Garland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Tamora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cordova
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Clatonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Princeton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hanlon
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hanlon is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlon
- Lincoln
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gaslight Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gaslight Village is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaslight Village
- West Lincoln
(18 miles [29 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 West Blue 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 West Blue Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Beaver Crossing
- Crete
- Denton
- Dorchester
- Friend
- Goehner
- Hallam
- Lincoln
- Milford
- Seward
- Tamora
- Wilber
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 helpful 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 West Blue 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 West Blue Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2269947
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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Blue 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. |