Buffalo County, Nebraska, Cemeteries

BUFFALO COUNTY
CEMETERIES

From information supplied by the Fort Kearny Genealogical Society and other volunteers.

Most of the Buffalo County cemeteries have been inventoried since about 2000. If the
cemetery name, below, is underlined, click on the name for a photo and/or listing.

Kearney City maintains its own website of burials in the Kearney Cemetery

The City of Gibbon also maintains its own website of burials. Gibbon Riverside Cemetery

For other Buffalo County cemeteries, probably the best way to search for a
surname is with the search engine on the home page.

Here is a Surname index taken from a 1985 readings of the tombstones. You may
find it helpful for burials before that time.
Surname index:
A - B C - D E - G H - J K - L M - N O - R S T - Z

CODE	CEMETERY NAME	LOCATION
MIL	ARMADA, See also Miller
BHC	BLACK HILLS CREEK -- Use your browser's BACK to return here.	Sartoria Township, Sec. 6.
BUR	BURGESS	Schneider Twp., Sec. 28.
DIV	DIVIDE PIONEER	Divide Twp., Sec. 4.
DOH	DOVE HILL	Collins Twp., Sec. 30.
DOW	DOW	Schneider Twp., Sec. 30.
ELM-C	ELM CREEK CATHOLIC	Elm Creek Twp., Sec. 28.
ELM	ELM CREEK	Elm Creek Twp., Sec. 28.
FAT	FAIRMONT PIONEER	Rusco Twp., Sec. 34.
FWC	FAIRVIEW	Logan Twp., Sec. 32.
GIB	GIBBON-RIVERSIDE	Gibbon Twp., Sec. 15.
IMM	IMMANUEL LUTHERAN	Scott Twp., Sec. 20.
KEA	KEARNEY	Collins Twp., Sec. 25.
MAJ	MAJORS	Cedar Twp., Sec. 15.
MIL	MILLER-ARMADA	Armada Twp., Sec. 9.
OSA	OLD STANLEY-AMHERST	Grant Twp., Sec. 22.
OZL	OLD ZION LUTHERAN	Gardner Twp., Sec. 3.
PEA	PEAKE LUTHERAN	Rusco Twp., Sec. 30.
PVA	PLEASANT VALLEY	Loup Twp., Sec. 18.
PLE	PLEASANTON	Loup Twp., Sec. 26.
PFC	POOR FARM	Center Twp., Sec. 2.
PRC	PRAIRIE CENTER	Thornton Twp., Sec. 18.
RAV	RAVENNA	Garfield Twp., Sec. 6 & 7.
RDA	RIVERDALE	Riverdale Twp., Sec. 15.
SJO	ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN	Cedar Twp., Sec. 33.
SJC	ST. JOSEPH'S	Schneider Twp., Sec. 21.
SMC	ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC of PRAIRIE CENTER	Thornton Twp, Sec. 7.
SMC	ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC of PLEASANTON	Loup Twp., Sec. 26.
SWC	ST. WENCELAUS	Schneider Twp, Sec.23.
SHE	SHELTON	Hall County.
SOD	SODTOWN	Cherry Creek Twp, Sec. 32.
SWE	SWEETWATER	Beaver Twp, Sec. 5.
	WATERTOWN - Surnames not included in index	Armada Twp, Sec. 14.
ZEL	ZION EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN	Gardner Twp, Sec.22.

For location of the townships, see Maps Page.

PRIVATE BURIAL GROUNDS
In BEAVER TWP., in Sec. 4. Some bodies were moved to Highland Cemetery near Ravenna. Surnames: BEYER, PRY, and YATES.
In CEDAR TWP. , in Sec. 8. Surnames: DECKER, St. PETER, and 2 children with surnames not given.
In COLLINS TWP. , in the City of Kearney.
In GARDNER TWP. , in Sec. 8, SW 1/4. Surname: TOOMAN
In ODESSA TWP. , in Sec. 11. Surname: MOORE, 1837-1898.
In ODESSA TWP. , in Sec. 21. Burials were 1869-1900. Most moved to other cemeteries. Surnames: LYNCH, SCHOLTZ.
In RUSCO TWP. , in Sec. 4, on Nickman farm. Surnames: KING, CLUSTER.
In RUSCO TWP. , in Sec. 18. Surname: BERNET.
In RUSCO TWP. , in Sec. 20. W 1/2. No marker, child of Rudolph BERGER
In RUSCO TWP. , in Sec. 31. Surname: MUELLER, two pair of infant twins.
In SARTORIA TWP. , in Sec. 5, in a farm yard. Surname: JILG.
In SCHNEIDER TWP. , in Sec. 2. Surname: WEIDNER.
In SCOTT TWP. , in Sec. 34, on private property. Surname: ROGER.

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