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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. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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

Lat:   40.8221°   (40° 49' 19")

Lon:   -98.5698°   (-98° 34' 11")

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 .

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.

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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alda have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alda
    • Alda is located in Hall County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alda <6>
  • Cameron
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Shelton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton
    • Shelton is located in Buffalo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,055 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelton <6>
  • Prosser
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prosser have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosser
    • Prosser is located in Adams County
    • 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doniphan have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
    • Doniphan is located in Hall County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Doniphan <6>
  • 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kenesaw have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenesaw
    • Kenesaw is located in Adams County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 950 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kenesaw <6>
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...

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.

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:

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 GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #834861  (Wood River Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #834861 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Wood River
    • County: Hall         Elev: 595
    • Location given for GNIS #834861 (Wood River Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #101637

The official website for Hall County: www.hcgi.org/

The official website for State of Nebraska: https://www.nebraska.gov/

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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Wood River Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8221, Longitude: -98.5698    
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.









 

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