A visit to the Wood River 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 Wood River Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Wood River Cemetery (FG ID #101637).
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 Wood River Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Wood River Cemetery:
40.8221, -98.5698
The Wood River Cemetery is located in Hall County<2>.
The county seat for Hall County is located in Grand Island. Grand Island lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Wood River Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Wood River Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 16 miles [25.7 km] of the Wood River Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wood River Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Alda Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cameron Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shelton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Campbell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Berwick Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Burwick Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Burwick Cemetery is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwick Cemetery
- Meyer Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- St. Patricks Catholic Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rosedale Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Lawn Park Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Concordia Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cedar View Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Grand Island Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Susan C. Seawell Haile Gravesite
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kenesaw Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sunset Memorial Gardens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Grand Island Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Wood River Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Wood River Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Wood River
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Alda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cameron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shelton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Prosser
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Prosser is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Hayland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Doniphan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Denman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cairo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hansen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Island
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kenesaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Gibbon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Juniata
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hastings
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Trumbull
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Valley City ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Valley City is located in Kearney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
- Good Samaritan Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Blaine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Howard City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Howard City is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Boelus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Phillips
(19 miles [30.6 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 Wood River Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Hall County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wood River Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alda
- Alda lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Wood River Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Alda.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alda
- Cairo
- Dannebrog
- Doniphan
- Gibbon
- Grand Island
- Hastings
- Juniata
- Kenesaw
- Shelton
- Wood River
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Wood River Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Hall 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 Wood River Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #101637
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #834861 (Wood River Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #834861 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: Hall
- Est. Elev: 595 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Wood River
- Location given for Wood River Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.8219577 Lon: -98.5697916
- 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 Hall, 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- Wood River 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. |