Mormon Pioneer Cemetery
The Mormon Pioneer Cemetery is located at 3300 State Street in the present-day Florence neighborhood at the north end of Omaha, Nebraska. The Cemetery is the burial site of hundreds of Mormon pioneers who lived in Winter Quarters, a temporary settlement that lasted from 1846 to 1848 as the settlers moved to Salt Lake City, Utah.Photo: Avard Fairbanks, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Cemetery
- Denomination: Mormon
- Description: historic cemetery in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Notre Dame Academy and Convent and Florence Park.
Notre Dame Academy and Convent
School
Photo: Ammodramus, Public domain.
The Notre Dame Academy and Convent is located at 3501 State Street in the Florence neighborhood on the north end of Omaha, Nebraska. It is significant for its ethnic association with the Czech population in Nebraska as the only school and convent of the Czechoslovak School Sisters de Notre Dame in the United States. Notre Dame Academy and Convent is situated 620 feet west of Mormon Pioneer Cemetery.
Florence Park
Park
The Florence Park is a city-owned public park in the Florence neighborhood of North Omaha, Nebraska. Located at North 30th and State Streets, it is the oldest park and the oldest original town square in Nebraska, having been created by the original pioneers of the area in the 1840s.
Florence Elementary School
School
The Florence School is located at 7902 North 36th Street in the Florence neighborhood of north Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The first school in the Florence area was built in the 1840s, in what was then called Cutler's Park by Mormon pioneers. Florence Elementary School is situated 1,700 feet southwest of Mormon Pioneer Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Briggs and Debolt.
Briggs
Hamlet
Briggs is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Nebraska, United States. Briggs is situated 2½ miles northwest of Mormon Pioneer Cemetery.
Debolt
Neighborhood
Debolt is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Nebraska, United States, located approximately seven miles northwest of Omaha. A post office called Debolt or De Bolt was established in 1892, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1899. Debolt is situated 2½ miles west of Mormon Pioneer Cemetery.
Benson
Neighborhood
Photo: Ammodramus, CC0.
Benson is a historic neighborhood in North Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, originally platted in 1887 and annexed to the City of Omaha in 1917. Benson is situated 4 miles southwest of Mormon Pioneer Cemetery.
Mormon Pioneer Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: City of Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.33476° or 41° 20′ 5″ northLongitude
-95.96624° or 95° 57′ 59″ westElevation
1,188 feet (362 metres)Open location code
86H682MM+WGOpenStreetMap ID
way 1070974048OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=mormonWikidata ID
Q6912650
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In Other Languages
“Mormon Pioneer Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “Mormon Pioneer Cemetery”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mormon Trail Center at Winter Quarters and Florence Presbyterian Church.
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