About Elmwood Cemetery
Elmwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Saint Paul, Howard County, Nebraska. It lies about 1.1 mi northeast of Saint Paul. The grounds sit at about 1,827 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Grover Cleveland Alexander and Leander Herron. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 833049. The nearest other listed cemetery is Warsaw Cemetery, about 4.8 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Peters Funeral Home in St Paul, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 26 cemeteries we list in Howard County, and 13 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Saint Paul. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Elmwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 baseball player, 1 Medal of Honor recipient.
- Grover Cleveland Alexander1887-1950American baseball player
- Leander Herron1846-1937Corporal in the United States Army
People whose Wikidata entry gives Elmwood 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
41.20051, -98.46704
What Elmwood 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
- Warsaw CemeterySaint Paul, NECemetery4.8 mi
- Saint Wenceslaus CemeterySaint Paul, NECemetery5.4 mi
- Hamm CemeterySaint Paul, NECemetery6.4 mi
- Fairdale CemeterySaint Paul, NECemetery6.6 mi
- Oak Ridge CemeterySaint Paul, NECemetery7.3 mi
- Elba CemeterySaint Paul, NECemetery7.3 mi
- Scotch CemeterySaint Paul, NECemetery7.6 mi
- Czechoslovakia CemeterySaint Paul, NECemetery8.2 mi
- Saint Joseph CemeterySaint Paul, NECemetery8.5 mi
- North CemeterySaint Paul, NECemetery8.6 mi
Funeral homes near Elmwood Cemetery
- Peters Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · St Paul · (308) 754-5543
- Jacobsen-Greenway-Dietz Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · St Paul · (308) 754-4651
- Apfel Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Cairo · (308) 384-0590
- Desch Paine Memorials20 miMonument dealer · Grand Island · (308) 384-2422
- Apfel Funeral Home20 miFuneral home · Grand Island · (308) 384-0590
- Livingston-Sondermann Funeral Home and Cremation Services21 miFuneral home · Grand Island · (308) 382-7070
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