A visit to the Willow Island 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 Willow Island Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Willow Island Cemetery (FG ID #101632).
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 Willow Island Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Willow Island Cemetery:
40.9019, -100.0759
The Willow Island Cemetery is located in Dawson County<2>.
The county seat for Dawson County is located in Lexington. Lexington lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Willow Island Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Willow Island 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 Willow Island Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Willow Island Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Grand View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gothenburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Christ Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Salem Presbyterian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cozad Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Swedish Crosses Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Peckham Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cottonwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lindberg Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Grace Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Swedish Grove Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gaslin Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Farnam Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hewitt Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hillside Lutheran Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 19 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km] of the Willow Island Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Willow Island Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Willow Island
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Gothenburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cozad
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Darr
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Farnam
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eustis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Brady
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lexington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Moorefield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oconto
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Elwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Eddyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Lodi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lodi is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Maxwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Smithfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Callaway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Curtis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Orafino
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sumner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
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 Willow Island Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Dawson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Willow Island Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brady
- Brady lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Willow Island Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Brady.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Callaway
- Cozad
- Cozad lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Willow Island Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Cozad.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozad
- Curtis
- Eddyville
- Elwood
- Elwood lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Willow Island Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Elwood.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Eustis
- Farnam
- Farnam lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Willow Island Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Farnam.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnam
- Gothenburg
- Lexington
- Maxwell
- Oconto
- Smithfield
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Willow Island Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Dawson 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 Willow Island Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #101632
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #834777 (Willow Island Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #834777 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: Dawson
- Est. Elev: 774 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Willow Island
- Location given for Willow Island Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.9016738 Lon: -100.0759579
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Dawson, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Willow Island 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. |