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 #101615)
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 ...
The West Union Cemetery is located in Hitchcock County<2>.
Establishment of the West Union Cemetery ...
The West Union Cemetery was:
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Ash Grove Cemetery
- Benkelman Cemetery
- Blakeman Cemetery
- The Blakeman Cemetery is located in Rawlins County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakeman Cemetery
- Cornell Cemetery
- Eden Cemetery
- Enterprise Cemetery
- The Enterprise Cemetery is located in Rawlins County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Cheyenne County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Grace Cemetery
- The Grace Cemetery is located in Rawlins County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Cemetery
- Highland Cemetery
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
- Max Cemetery
- Mayflower Cemetery
- The Mayflower Cemetery is located in Rawlins County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- McCabe Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
- Rising Sun Cemetery
- Rose Hill Cemetery
- Rosefield Cemetery
- St. Cyril Cemetery
- The St. Cyril Cemetery is located in Rawlins County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Cyril Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Rawlins County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Trenton Cemetery
- Trinity Cemetery
- The Trinity Cemetery is located in Rawlins County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 16 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the West Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Atwood
- Beardsley
- Benkelman
- Beverly
- Bird City
- Culbertson
- Hamlet
- Ludell
- Max
- McDonald
- McDonald is located in Rawlins County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Ough
- Palisade
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Parks
- Stratton
- Trenton
- Wauneta
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 Hitchcock County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The West Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Atwood
- Benkelman
- Bird City
- Culbertson
- Herndon
- Ludell
- McDonald
- Stratton
- Trenton
- Wauneta
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 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 Hitchcock 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: #101615
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #834629 (West Union Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #834629 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: Hitchcock
- Est. Elev: 937 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Max SE
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 Hitchcock, 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 obstructions 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |