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:
38.4253, -90.0115
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 Saint Clair County<2>.
The county seat for Saint Clair County is located in Belleville. Belleville lies just to the north northeast 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 22 that are within 6 miles [9.7 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. John Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Smithton - Franklin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Stein - Nagel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Stein - Nagel Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stein - Nagel Cemetery
- Richland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Richland Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Cemetery
- Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Hill Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Cemetery
- Carr Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Carr Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr Cemetery
- Union Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Union Hill Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill Cemetery
- Old Millstadt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Old Millstadt Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Millstadt Cemetery
- Freivogel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Freivogel Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freivogel Cemetery
- Saxtown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Saxtown Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxtown Cemetery
- St. Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Cemetery
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The St. Michaels Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michaels Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Maurer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Maurer Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maurer Cemetery
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- St. James Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The St. James Catholic Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. James Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. James Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Millstadt.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107872 <5>
- St. James Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The St. James Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. James Cemetery
- Mt. Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Evergreen Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Evergreen Cemetery
- Talbot Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Talbot Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Cemetery
- Wiskamp Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Wiskamp Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiskamp Cemetery
- Wilderman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Wilderman Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderman Cemetery
- Rittenhouse Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Rittenhouse Cemetery is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rittenhouse Cemetery
- Walnut Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the High Prairie Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from High Prairie Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Smithton
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Freeburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Millstadt
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lementon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lementon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lementon
- Belleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hecker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Swansea
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Summit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Summit is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Gartside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gartside is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gartside
- Waterloo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Imbs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Imbs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imbs
- New Athens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Athens is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,865 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Shiloh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Centreville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Centreville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,844 people
- Fairview Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Columbia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Burksville Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burksville Station is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville Station
- Fayetteville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fayetteville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 336 people
- Alorton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mascoutah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- O'Fallon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Petersburg is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Falling Spring
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Falling Spring is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Dupo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dupo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,845 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dupo <6>
- French Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- French Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
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 Saint Clair County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The High Prairie Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Belleville
- Columbia
- Dupo
- Dupo lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the High Prairie Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Dupo.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupo
- Fairview Heights
- Freeburg
- Mascoutah
- Millstadt
- O'Fallon
- Swansea
- Waterloo
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 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 Illinois:
- Pages specific to Saint Clair 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 #426367 (High Prairie Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #426367 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: St. Clair
- Est. Elev: 162 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Millstadt
- Location given for High Prairie Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.4253285 Lon: -90.0114952
- 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 Illinois' counties, including Saint Clair, 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |