About Ponca Cemetery
Ponca Cemetery is a cemetery near Ponca, Dixon County, Nebraska. The grounds sit at about 1,253 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: John McCarthy. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 832301. The nearest other listed cemetery is Elmwood Cemetery, about 2.7 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Mohr Funeral Home in Ponca, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 16 cemeteries we list in Dixon County, and 9 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Ponca. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Ponca Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative.
- John McCarthy1857-1943American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Ponca 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
42.56858, -96.71339
What Ponca 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
- Elmwood CemeteryElk Point, SDCemetery2.7 mi
- Southcreek Calvary Catholic CemeteryPonca, NECatholic cemetery3.6 mi
- Silver Ridge CemeteryPonca, NECemetery5.4 mi
- Civil Bend CemeteryNorth Sioux City, SDCemetery5.5 mi
- Trinity Lutheran CemeteryPonca, NELutheran cemetery7.2 mi
- Martinsburg South CemeteryPonca, NECemetery7.8 mi
- Saint Joseph CemeteryElk Point, SDCemetery7.9 mi
- Elk Point CemeteryElk Point, SDCemetery7.9 mi
- Saint Peter's Parish CemeteryNorth Sioux City, SDChurch cemetery8.2 mi
- Saint Johns CemeterySouth Sioux City, NECemetery10 mi
Funeral homes near Ponca Cemetery
- Mohr Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Ponca · (402) 755-2202
- Christy-smith Funeral Homes - Berkemier Chapel13 miFuneral home · Sioux City · (712) 233-2489
- Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel15 miFuneral home · Sioux City · (712) 255-0131
- Mohr & Becker-Hunt Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · South Sioux City · (402) 412-3131
- Becker-Hunt Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · South Sioux City · (402) 494-5171
- Nelson-Berger Northside Chapel17 miFuneral home · Sioux City · (712) 255-5023
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