Platte County, Nebraska, United States

Details for Platte County

Name

Platte County

Place Type

County

Located in

Nebraska, United States

County Seat

Columbus

Coordinates

Latitude		41.5500109		41° 33' 00" N
Longitude		-97.4836560		97° 29' 01.2" W

Population

29,820

Elevation

478 m

Surrounding Counties

Stanton NE
Colfax E
Butler SE
Polk S
Merrick SW
Nance W
Boone W
Madison N

USGS GNIS FeatureID

835892

Histopolis Place ID

489230467

Updated May 12, 2011

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Genealogy Resources for Platte County

9 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.

Platte County, Nebraska County Information - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Get all the local information you need on Platte County, Nebraska, NE - community history, demographics, local search and more at ePodunk
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=22428 (21 Aug 2009)

Cemeteries in or near Platte County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=22428&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (14 Dec 2008)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=1874 (25 Aug 2009)

USGenWeb Archives: Platte County NE [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ne/platte/platable.htm (14 Jan 2010)

Platte County, Nebraska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platte_County,_Nebraska (28 Jul 2010)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Nebraska > Platte County > Cemeteries [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Nebraska > Platte County > Cemeteries
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/NE/Platte/cem/ (14 Dec 2008)

Nebraska Gravestone Photo Project - Cemetery Index [Nebraska Gravestone Photo Project]
Research your Nebraska ancestors and family history by searching our online database of Nebraska gravestone photos. Locate Nebraska gravestone images of your descendants and discover your Nebraska roots.
http://nebraskagravestones.org/cemeteries.php?selected_cid=71 (8 Mar 2011)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Nebraska > Platte County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Nebraska > Platte County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/NE/Platte/ (12 Feb 2010)

The Political Graveyard: Platte County, Neb. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/PL.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

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Surveys in Platte County

1 Survey, 5 Ranges, 22 Townships

The Sixth Principal Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Platte County. You can navigate to any of the 22 survey townships that overlap Platte County using the navigation tool below.

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Townships and Cities of Platte County

18 Townships, 1 City (Township is assumed unless noted)

Bismark	Burrows	Butler	Columbus
Columbus (city)	Creston	Grand Prairie	Granville
Humphrey	Joliet	Lost Creek	Loup
Monroe	Oconee	Saint Bernard	Shell Creek
Sherman	Walker	Woodville

Cities of Platte County

3 Cities, 7 Villages, 16 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)

Arcala (historical u.p.)	Carriage House Estates	Cleveland (historical u.p.)	College View Park
Columbus (city)	Cornlea (village)	Country Mobile Villa	Countryview Estates
Creston (village)	Duncan (village)	Galva (historical u.p.)	Gardiner
Granville (historical u.p.)	Humphrey (city)	Lindsay (village)	Monroe (village)
Newman Grove (city)	Oconee	Platte Center (village)	Rosenburg
Saint Bernard	Sheldonville	Tarnov (village)	Tracy Valley
Wagners Lake	Wattsville (historical u.p.)

Cemeteries of Platte County

29 Cemeteries, 10 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)

Burrows	Calvary	Catholic	Columbus
Creston Pioneer	Fairview	Friends	Greenwood
Holy Family	Hope	Humphrey	Jackson
Moriah	Roselawn	Sacred Heart	Saint Bernard
Saint Bonaventure Catholic	Saint Francis	Saint Johns	Saint Mary
Saint Mary of the Angels	Saint Michaels	Saint Patricks	Saint Pauls
Saint Stanislaus	St. Bernard (*)	St. Bonaventure Catholic (*)	St. Francis (*)
St. Johns (*)	St. Mary (*)	St. Mary of the Angels (*)	St. Michaels (*)
St. Patricks (*)	St. Pauls (*)	St. Stanislaus (*)	Stretter
Tracy Valley	West Hill	Zion

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