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A visit to the West Willowdale Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

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 Willowdale Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the West Willowdale Cemetery:

42.2650, -97.9906

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the West Willowdale Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The West Willowdale Cemetery is located in Antelope County<2>.

The county seat for Antelope County is located in Neligh. Neligh lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the south southwest of the West Willowdale Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the West Willowdale Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 16 miles [25.7 km] of the West Willowdale Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Danish Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • The Danish Cemetery is located in Antelope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danish Cemetery
  • Brunswick Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • The Brunswick Cemetery is located in Antelope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick Cemetery
  • Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Royal Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • The Royal Cemetery is located in Antelope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Cemetery
  • Laurel Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • The Laurel Hill Cemetery is located in Antelope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill Cemetery
  • LDS Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • The LDS Cemetery is located in Antelope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LDS Cemetery
    • The LDS Cemetery has also been known as:
    • LDS Cemetery
  • Clearwater Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • The Clearwater Cemetery is located in Antelope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater Cemetery
  • St. Theresa Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • The St. Theresa Cemetery is located in Antelope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Theresa Cemetery
  • Millerboro Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • The Millerboro Cemetery is located in Antelope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerboro Cemetery
  • Stark Valley Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • The Stark Valley Cemetery is located in Pierce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark Valley Cemetery
  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • The Pleasant View Cemetery is located in Antelope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Cemetery
  • Orchard Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • The Orchard Cemetery is located in Antelope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Cemetery
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Plainview Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • The Plainview Cemetery is located in Pierce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview Cemetery
    • St. Peters Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • The St. Peters Cemetery is located in Antelope County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Cemetery
    • Lambrecht Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • The Lambrecht Cemetery is located in Pierce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambrecht Cemetery
    • Zion Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • The Zion Cemetery is located in Pierce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
    • Alcott Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • The Alcott Cemetery is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcott Cemetery
    • Oakdale Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • The Oakdale Cemetery is located in Antelope County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakdale Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Oakdale.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101064 <5>
    • Trinity Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • The Trinity Cemetery is located in Pierce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
    • Greenwood Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 22 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the West Willowdale Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from West Willowdale Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Brunswick
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Royal
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Neligh
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Clearwater
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Plainview
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Oakdale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Orchard
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Creighton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Foster
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Breslau
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Breslau is located in Pierce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breslau
  • Tilden
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bazile Mills
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Bazile Mills is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazile Mills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Winnetoon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Ewing
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Deloit
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Deloit is located in Holt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deloit
    • Venus ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Venus is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
    • Emporia ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Emporia is located in Holt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emporia
    • Knievels Corner
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Knievels Corner is located in Holt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knievels Corner
    • Elgin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Meadow Grove
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Osmond
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Walnut
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Walnut is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut

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 Willowdale Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Antelope County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The West Willowdale Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Brunswick
  • Clearwater
  • Creighton
  • Elgin
    • Elgin lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the West Willowdale Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Elgin.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
  • Ewing
    • Ewing lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the West (W) of the West Willowdale Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ewing.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
  • Meadow Grove
  • Neligh
    • Neligh lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the West Willowdale Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Neligh.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neligh
  • Oakdale
  • Orchard
    • Orchard lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the West Willowdale Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Orchard.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard
  • Osmond
    • Osmond lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the West Willowdale Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Osmond.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osmond
  • Page
    • Page lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the West Willowdale Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Page.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page
  • Plainview
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Continue List   (4 more)
      • Royal lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the West Willowdale Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Royal.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
    • Tilden
      • Tilden lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the West Willowdale Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Tilden.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilden
    • Verdigre
    • Winnetoon

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 Willowdale Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Nebraska:
  • Pages specific to Antelope 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 Willowdale Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #834639  (West Willowdale Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #834639 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: Antelope
      • Est. Elev: 569 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Brunswick
      • Location given for West Willowdale Cemetery:
      • Lat: 42.2650055     Lon: -97.9906226
      • Open a Google Map centered on the above location.

    Footnotes ...

    <1>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.
    <2>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Antelope, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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 Willowdale 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>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.
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