About Swankee Cemetery
Swankee Cemetery is a cemetery near Sidney, Cheyenne County, Nebraska. It lies about 14 mi northwest of Sidney. The grounds sit at about 4,124 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 833980. The nearest other listed cemetery is Czech Slovensky Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Holechek Funeral Home in Sidney, about 14 mi away. It is one of 13 cemeteries we list in Cheyenne County, and 2 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Sidney. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.06277, -102.72478
What Swankee 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
- Czech Slovensky CemeterySidney, NECemetery1.0 mi
- Barber CemeterySterling, COCemetery9.1 mi
- Lynch Twin Buttes CemeterySterling, COCemetery11 mi
- Pleasantview CemeteryChappell, NECemetery11 mi
- Saint Joseph CemeteryChappell, NECemetery12 mi
- Sedgwick CemeteryJulesburg, COCemetery13 mi
- Grand Prairie CemeterySidney, NECemetery13 mi
- Greenwood CemeterySidney, NECemetery13 mi
- Chappell CemeteryChappell, NECemetery14 mi
Funeral homes near Swankee Cemetery
- Holechek Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Sidney · (308) 254-2233
- Gehrig~stitt Chapel & Cremation Service14 miCremation provider · Sidney · (308) 254-2055
- Austin-Tennant Funeral Home24 miFuneral home · Julesburg · (970) 474-3361
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