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{{Short description|Historic cemetery in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska}}
{{Infobox historic site
| name = Mormon Pioneer Cemetery
| image = Mormon Pioneer Cemetery Monument - June 10, 2006.jpg
| image_size = 250
| caption = The monument erected within the cemetery in 1936
| locmapin = Nebraska#USA
| coordinates = {{coord|41|20|05|N|95|57|58|W|display=inline,title|source:GNIS}}
| location = [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
| area =
| built = 1846<ref name="OMAL Pioneer"/>
| governing_body =
| owner =
| designation1 = Omaha Landmark
| designation1_date = October 30, 1990<ref name="OMAL Pioneer"/>
| designation1_number =
}}

The '''Mormon Pioneer Cemetery''' is located at 3300 State Street in present-day [[Florence, Nebraska|Florence]] at the [[North Omaha|north end]] of [[Omaha]], [[Nebraska]]. The Cemetery is the burial site of hundreds of [[Mormon pioneers]] who lived in [[Winter Quarters (North Omaha, Nebraska)|Winter Quarters]], a temporary settlement that lasted from 1846 to 1848 as the settlers moved to [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]]. It was designated a landmark by the City of Omaha in 1990.<ref name="OMAL Pioneer"> [http://www.ci.omaha.ne.us/planning/landmarks/alphabetical-listing/pioneer-morman-cemetary Pioneer-Mormon Cemetery]. City of Omaha Landmark Heritage Preservation Commission. Retrieved 6/7/2007.</ref>

Records of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church) indicate that 359 Mormon pioneers were buried at the site. Remnants of three of the graves are visible today, uncovered during the erection of a commemorative monument in 1936. The monument, a bronze statue by Salt Lake City artist [[Avard Fairbanks]], depicts parents who have committed the body of an infant to the grave.

The graves of a number of Florence residents are also located in the cemetery. The community of Florence began to use the cemetery several years after the departure of the Mormons and prior to the Mormons the area had been used as an Indian burial ground.

With the exception of a commemorative marker in the nearby city park, the cemetery is the only visible reminder of the Mormon settlement.

==See also==
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* [[Cutler's Park]]
* [[History of North Omaha, Nebraska]]
* [[List of cemeteries in Omaha]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Mormon Pioneer Cemetery}}
* {{Find a Grave cemetery|2291793|Mormon Pioneer Cemetery, a.k.a. Winter Quarters Pioneer Cemetery}}
* [http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM44B3 Mormon Pioneer Cemetery] on the [[Waymarking]] website.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020212101724/http://www.lds.org/placestovisit/location/0,10634,1837-1-1-1,00.html Mormon Trail Center at Historic Winter Quarters]
* {{GNIS|831419}}

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[[Category:Cemeteries in Omaha, Nebraska]]
[[Category:Mormon cemeteries]]
[[Category:Landmarks in North Omaha, Nebraska]]
[[Category:Mormon pioneers]]
[[Category:Mormon Trail]]
[[Category:Omaha landmarks]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Omaha, Nebraska]]
[[Category:Latter Day Saint movement in Nebraska]]
[[Category:1846 establishments in Indian Territory]]
[[Category:Cemeteries established in the 1840s]]


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