A visit to the Yankee Hill 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 Yankee Hill Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Yankee Hill Cemetery (FG ID #101648).
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 Yankee Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Yankee Hill Cemetery:
40.7694, -96.7390
The Yankee Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Lincoln.
The cemetery is located in Lancaster County<2>.
The county seat for Lancaster County is located in Lincoln. Lincoln lies just to the north northeast of the Yankee Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Yankee Hill Cemetery.
Establishment of the Yankee Hill Cemetery ...
The Yankee Hill Cemetery was established in 1865.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the Yankee Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Yankee Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Nebraska State Penitentiary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lincoln Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Emerald Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Saltillo - Simmons Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- College View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wyuka Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Denton Sunnyside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Cheney Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Roca Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Schultz Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Buhrmann Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Yankee Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Yankee Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Lincoln
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- College View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gaslight Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gaslight Village is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaslight Village
- Denton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Belmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Lincoln
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Emerald
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hanlon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hanlon is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlon
- Roca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cheney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Havelock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Martell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sprague
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Walton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Arbor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Dale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Berks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hickman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Malcolm
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bennet
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Home
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Raymond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
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 Yankee Hill Cemetery. The following communities are located in Lancaster County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Yankee Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bennet
- College View
- Denton
- Hickman
- Lincoln
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 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 Yankee Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Lancaster 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 Yankee Hill Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #101648
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #834904 (Yankee Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #834904 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: Lancaster
- Est. Elev: 372 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Lincoln
- Location given for Yankee Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.7694461 Lon: -96.7389068
- 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 Lancaster, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Yankee Hill 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. |