A visit to the Liberty Prairie Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Liberty Prairie Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Liberty Prairie Cemetery (FG ID #106601).
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 Liberty Prairie Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Liberty Prairie Cemetery:
38.9016, -89.9645
The Liberty Prairie Cemetery is located in Madison County<2>.
The county seat for Madison County is located in Edwardsville. Edwardsville lies just to the south of the Liberty Prairie Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Liberty Prairie Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Liberty Prairie Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Liberty Prairie Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Paddock - Flagg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cooper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Cooper Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Cemetery
- St. John UCC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Eberhart Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. James Association Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Preuitt Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pruett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Belk Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Belk Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belk Cemetery
- Bethalto UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rose Lawn Memory Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Montgomery Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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- Springley Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Quercus Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Peters Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vaughn Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Vaughn Hill Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughn Hill Cemetery
- Smith Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Smith Family Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Family Cemetery
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Worden Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gehlenback Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Randle Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Meyer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Meyer Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyer Cemetery
- Wieseman - Ruehnoll Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Liberty Prairie Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Liberty Prairie Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Moro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethalto
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dorsey
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Prairietown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cottage Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cottage Hills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hills
- Wood River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roxana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Edwardsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hamel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rosewood Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rosewood Heights is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood Heights
- East Alton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- South Roxana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Roxana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Roxana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,986 people
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Fruit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Worden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hartford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Poag
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Carbon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bunker Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Brooks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Livingston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Maryville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Troy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Marine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Alhambra
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Williamson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Staunton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Belmont Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont 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 Liberty Prairie Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Madison County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Liberty Prairie Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alton
- Bunker Hill
- Edwardsville
- Staunton
- Wood River
- Worden
- Worden lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Liberty Prairie Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Worden.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worden
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 Liberty Prairie Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Madison 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 Liberty Prairie Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #106601
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #412010 (Liberty Prairie Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #412010 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: Madison
- Est. Elev: 164 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Prairietown
- Location given for Liberty Prairie Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.9017135 Lon: -89.964269
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Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Madison, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Liberty 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |