About Dorchester Cemetery
Dorchester Cemetery is a cemetery near Crete, Saline County, Nebraska. It lies about 7.8 mi east of Crete. The grounds sit at about 1,480 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Jefferson Coates. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 828760. The nearest other listed cemetery is Goldhammer Cemetery, about 3.8 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Kuncl Funeral Home & Cremation - Crete in Crete, about 7.8 mi away. It is one of 30 cemeteries we list in Saline County, and 16 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Crete. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Dorchester Cemetery
Among them: 1 Civil War veteran, 1 Medal of Honor recipient.
- Jefferson Coates1843-1880Union Army Medal of Honor recipient
People whose Wikidata entry gives Dorchester Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
40.66383, -97.10256
What Dorchester Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Goldhammer CemeteryMilford, NECemetery3.8 mi
- West Mills CemeteryMilford, NECemetery4.0 mi
- Pleasant Hill CemeteryCrete, NECemetery5.4 mi
- Gilbert CemeteryFriend, NECemetery6.2 mi
- Pleasant View CemeteryMilford, NECemetery6.4 mi
- Englehaupt CemeteryMilford, NECemetery6.7 mi
- Camden CemeteryMilford, NECemetery6.8 mi
- Sacred Heart CemeteryCrete, NECemetery7.0 mi
- Heart CemeteryCrete, NECemetery7.0 mi
- Riverside CemeteryCrete, NECemetery7.0 mi
Funeral homes near Dorchester Cemetery
- Kuncl Funeral Home & Cremation - Crete7.8 miFuneral home · Crete · (402) 826-5178
- Lauber Funeral and Cremation Services8.0 miCremation provider · Milford · (402) 761-2424
- Lauber-moore Funeral Homes9.7 miFuneral home · Friend · (402) 947-2141
- Kuncl Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Wilber · (402) 821-3275
- Volzke Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Seward · (402) 643-2515
- Zabka-Perdue Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Seward · (402) 643-2924
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