A visit to the West Union 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 Union Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The West Union Cemetery (FG ID #1986999).
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 Union Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the West Union Cemetery:
40.8096, -95.9305
The West Union Cemetery is located in Cass County<2>.
The county seat for Cass County is located in Plattsmouth. Plattsmouth lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the north of the West Union Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the West Union Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the West Union Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from West Union Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Buck Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- East Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eatons Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Eatons Cemetery is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eatons Cemetery
- Sciota Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cowles Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lambert Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Lambert Cemetery is located in Fremont County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert Cemetery
- Lewiston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Otterbein Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blanchard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Blanchard Cemetery is located in Fremont County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard Cemetery
- Kenosha Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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- Holy Trinity Catholic Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Bluff Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clemmons Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ewell Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Ewell Cemetery is located in Fremont County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewell Cemetery
- Youngs Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the West Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from West Union Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Union
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Nehawka
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wyoming
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McPaul
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Percival
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Murray
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bartlett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nebraska City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Thurman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rock Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Avoca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Otoe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Dunbar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mynard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Weeping Water
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Payne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Plattsmouth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Tabor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Manley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lorton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sidney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pacific Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Syracuse
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mills
(16 miles [25.7 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 Union Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cass County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The West Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Avoca
- Dunbar
- Murray
- Nebraska City
- Nehawka
- Otoe
- Otoe lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the West Union Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Otoe.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otoe
- Pacific City
- Pacific Junction
- Plattsmouth
- Sidney
- Syracuse
- Tabor
- Tabor lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the West Union Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Tabor.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Continue List (5 more)
- Union
- Wabash
- Weeping Water
- Wyoming
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 West Union Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Cass 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 Union Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1986999
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 Cass, 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- West Union 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. |