A visit to the High Prairie Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the High Prairie Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the High Prairie Cemetery:
41.4284, -91.1654
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the High Prairie Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The High Prairie Cemetery is located in Muscatine County<2>.
The county seat for Muscatine County is located in Muscatine. Muscatine lies just to the east of the High Prairie Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the High Prairie Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the High Prairie Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from High Prairie Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Houtz Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Houtz Cemetery is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houtz Cemetery
- Ardon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Ardon Cemetery is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardon Cemetery
- Kiser Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Kiser Cemetery is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiser Cemetery
- Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Memorial Park is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park
- Cranston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Cranston Cemetery is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranston Cemetery
- Island Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Island Cemetery is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Nichols Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Nichols Cemetery is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols Cemetery
- Rogers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Rogers Cemetery is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Cemetery
- Watkins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Watkins Cemetery is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Cemetery
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- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Wagner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Wagner Cemetery is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagner Cemetery
- Teeters Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Teeters Cemetery is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teeters Cemetery
- Lettsville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Lettsville Cemetery is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lettsville Cemetery
- Brockway Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Brockway Cemetery is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockway Cemetery
- Friends Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Friends Cemetery is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Cemetery
- Timberlake Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Weiss Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Weiss Cemetery is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiss Cemetery
- Brockway Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Brockway Cemetery is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockway Cemetery
- Edgington Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Edgington Cemetery is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgington Cemetery
- Gilbert Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Gilbert Cemetery is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Cemetery
- Jewish Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Jewish Cemetery is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewish Cemetery
- Klein Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Klein Cemetery is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klein Cemetery
- Overman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Overman Cemetery is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overman Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Overman Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southeast of Atalissa.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #95759 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the High Prairie Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from High Prairie Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Fruitland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fruitland is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Muscatine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Letts
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nichols
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nichols is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Atalissa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Conesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Conesville is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
- Grandview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Grandview is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 519 people
- West Liberty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moscow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Moscow is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Fredonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Eliza
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Eliza is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliza
- Illinois City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Illinois City is located in Rock Island County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois City
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Fairport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Fairport is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- South Towne Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Towne Park is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Towne Park
- Wilton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Columbus Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Tree
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gladwin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gladwin is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladwin
- Columbus City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus City is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Petersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Petersville is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Pine Mills ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pine Mills is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
- Lime City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lime City is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Former names for Lime City:
- Lime Kilns
- Munn
- Centerdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Centerdale is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerdale
- Pleasant Prairie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Prairie is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
- Rochester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rochester is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Downey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Downey is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downey
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the High Prairie Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Muscatine County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The High Prairie Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Columbus City
- Columbus Junction
- Letts
- Letts lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the High Prairie Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Letts.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts
- Lone Tree
- Muscatine
- Nichols
- Rochester
- West Liberty
- Wilton
- Wilton lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the High Prairie Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Wilton.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the High Prairie Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Muscatine County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the High Prairie Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2000612 (High Prairie Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2000612 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Muscatine
- Est. Elev: 222 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Muscatine NW
- Location given for High Prairie Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.4283601 Lon: -91.1654306
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Muscatine, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- High Prairie Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
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