List of Neighboring Cemeteries ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whiting (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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dwyer Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Emigrant Hill Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ft. Laramie Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Iowa Flats Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Little Bear Cemetery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lucindy Rollins Gravesite
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mary Homsley Gravesite
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie Rest Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Register Cliff Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
In Closing ...
If you know of any cemeteries that we are missing in the area of Whiting, 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 Whiting 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 Whiting.
Footnotes ...
<1> | 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- Whiting) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Whiting. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0122, Longitude: -104.9605 In this case, the coordinates for Whiting 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. |