Cemeteries in Mead, Nebraska

Private Cemeteries in Mead, Nebraska often have specific restrictions, such as religious affiliation or family connections. Military Cemeteries in Mead, Nebraska are primarily for veterans and individuals who have served in the armed forces, and in some cases, their family members. Public Cemeteries in Mead, Nebraska are open to the general public without any particular restrictions.

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History. Mead was originally built up chiefly by Swedes. Mead was first called Saunders, and under the latter name was platted in 1877 when the railroad was extended to that point. It was renamed in 1880, likely for a Union Pacific railroad official.

In 1822, the Missouri Fur Company built a headquarters and trading post about nine miles north of the mouth of the Platte River and called it Bellevue, establishing the first town in Nebraska.

An Indian legend tells of a battle which began I when one tribe stole the daughter of another tribe's chief, and ended three days later when all the braves lay dead. The tears cried by the families of the fallen warriors were said to have formed the “Weeping waters.” The first white settlers arrived In March 1856.

The 17,000-acre Nebraska Ordnance Plant (NOP) near Mead, Nebraska, operated as a munitions productions plant from 1942 to 1956. Later uses of the area included munitions storage, ammonium nitrate production, and agricultural research and development.