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BUFFALO COUNTY
CEMETERIES

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


Find A Grave has an excellent listing of the burials in Buffalo County.
You can search Buffalo County, Nebraska, burials at their site:
Search for cemetery records in Buffalo County, NE at Find A Grave by entering a surname and clicking search:

Restrict search to
Surname
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

The Buffalo County Historical Society sponsored readings of the tombstones in about 1985. You may
find this surname index 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

In addition, here are links to the individual cemeteries. Many of these have been inventoried more recently, and names have been
added from obituaries in the local papers. Thanks to those who have photographed and read these cemeteries, and also to
the Fort Kearny Genealogical Society for sharing their records.
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CODE CEMETERY NAME LOCATION
MIL ARMADA, See also Miller 
BHC BLACK HILLS CREEK See Find A Grave 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. WENCESLAUS 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. Relocated to Peake Cemetery.
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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