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Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crane (within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1>). The cemeteries are listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are located in Platte County.

  • Boot Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Dwyer Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Emigrant Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Forest Mound Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Ft. Laramie Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hillcrest Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillcrest Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillcrest Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Lingle.
    • The Hillcrest Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Valley View Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2270508 <2>
  • Horseshoe Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Horseshoe Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Horseshoe Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<1> to the northeast of Glendo.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84047 <2>
  • Lingle Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Lucindy Rollins Gravesite
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Mary Homsley Gravesite
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Mother Featherlegs Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Prairie Center Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Prairie Rest Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prairie Rest Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Prairie Rest Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Guernsey.
    • The Prairie Rest Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Guernsey City Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1135257 <2>
  • Prairie View Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Red Cloud Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Register Cliff Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Wheatland Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)

In Closing ...

If you know of any cemeteries that we are missing in the area of Crane, can you supply us with the name of the cemetery, its GPS location, whether the cemetery is still in use or if it is historic (ie- defunct, abandoned,  etc.). If it applies, we would also like to learn of any past or alternate names that the cemetery has been known by.

If you don't know the GPS location (ie- the latitude/longitude) of a cemetery, please use our Map Page for Crane to determine the cemetery's position (the instructions for finding the latitude/longitude can be found below the map).

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Crane.

Unfortunately, we don't know of an official website for Crane. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Wyoming: https://www.wyo.gov/

Looking for information about genealogy? We always start with these websites when searching in and around the area of Crane and Platte County:

Links at Cyndi's List:

for State of Wyoming

for Platte County

Links at Family Search:

for State of Wyoming

for Platte County

Links at Genealogy Trails:

for State of Wyoming

for Platte County

We have a longer, more detailed list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Crane.

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Crane) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Crane. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3175, Longitude: -104.7244       In this case, the coordinates for Crane have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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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