About Powell Cemetery
Powell Cemetery is a cemetery near Fairbury, Jefferson County, Nebraska. It lies about 8.3 mi southeast of Fairbury. The grounds sit at about 1,440 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 832337. The nearest other listed cemetery is Richland Center Cemetery, about 4.6 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home in Fairbury, about 7.3 mi away. It is one of 22 cemeteries we list in Jefferson County, and 12 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Fairbury. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.23333, -97.27448
What Powell 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
- Richland Center CemeteryFairbury, NECemetery4.6 mi
- Meridian Presbyterian CemeteryFairbury, NEPresbyterian cemetery4.8 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryHebron, NECemetery6.1 mi
- Saint Johns CemeteryFairbury, NECemetery6.1 mi
- Bower CemeteryFairbury, NECemetery6.8 mi
- Alexandria CemeteryHebron, NECemetery7.1 mi
- Grandy CemeteryFairbury, NECemetery8.0 mi
- Eureka CemeteryFairbury, NECemetery8.6 mi
- Bartel CemeteryFairbury, NECemetery9.0 mi
- Fairbury CemeteryFairbury, NECemetery9.4 mi
Funeral homes near Powell Cemetery
- Gerdes-Meyer Funeral Home7.3 miFuneral home · Fairbury · (402) 729-5656
- Price-Urbauer-Ahrendts Funeral Homes & Monuments17 miFuneral home · Hebron · (402) 768-6211
- Freeman Graves - Homestead National Monument of America23 miMonument dealer · Beatrice · (402) 223-3514
- Kuncl Funeral Home24 miFuneral home · Wilber · (402) 821-3275
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
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