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A visit to the Old Prairie City Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Old Prairie City Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Old Prairie City Cemetery

Lat:   40.6285°   (40° 37' 42")

Lon:   -90.4566°   (-90° 27' 23")

The Old Prairie City Cemetery is located in McDonough County<1>.

The county seat for McDonough County is located in Macomb. Macomb lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Old Prairie City Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Old Prairie City Cemetery.<3>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Old Prairie City Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Avon Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Avon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Avon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Avon Cemetery is located in Fulton County
  • Holeman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holeman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holeman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Holeman Cemetery is located in Warren County
  • Holeman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holeman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holeman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Holeman Cemetery is located in Morgan County
  • Virgil Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Virgil Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Virgil Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Virgil Cemetery is located in Fulton County
  • Guernsey Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Guernsey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Guernsey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Guernsey Cemetery is located in Fulton County
  • Peirsol Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peirsol Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Peirsol Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Peirsol Cemetery is located in Fulton County
  • McMahill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McMahill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McMahill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The McMahill Cemetery is located in Warren County
  • Bushnell City Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • St. Augustine Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Augustine Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Augustine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Augustine Cemetery is located in Fulton County
  • Bond Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bond Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bond Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bond Cemetery is located in Warren County
  • Solon - Robinson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Solon - Robinson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Solon - Robinson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Solon - Robinson Cemetery is located in McDonough County
  • Barnes Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barnes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barnes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Barnes Cemetery is located in Fulton County
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Checkrow Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Checkrow Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Checkrow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Checkrow Cemetery is located in Fulton County
    • Flake Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flake Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Flake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Flake Cemetery is located in Fulton County
    • Babbitt Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Babbitt Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Babbitt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Babbitt Cemetery is located in Fulton County
    • Hunt Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hunt Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hunt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hunt Cemetery is located in Knox County
    • Greenbush Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenbush Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenbush Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Greenbush Cemetery is located in Warren County
    • Larkins Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Larkins Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Larkins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Larkins Cemetery is located in McDonough County
    • Hageman Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Rigdon Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rigdon Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rigdon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Rigdon Cemetery is located in Fulton County
    • Ellisville Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ellisville Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ellisville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Ellisville Cemetery is located in Fulton County
    • Heartley Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Heartley Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Heartley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Heartley Cemetery is located in Fulton County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Old Prairie City Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Old Prairie City Cemetery, with the nearest first.

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 Old Prairie City Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in McDonough County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Old Prairie City Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Abingdon
  • Adair
    • Adair lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the South (S) of the Old Prairie City Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Adair.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
  • Avon
    • Avon lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Old Prairie City Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Avon.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
  • Bardolph
  • Bushnell
  • Cuba
    • Cuba lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the Southeast (SE) of the Old Prairie City Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Cuba.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
  • Good Hope
  • London Mills
  • Macomb
    • Macomb lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the Southwest (SW) of the Old Prairie City Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Macomb.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macomb
  • Roseville
  • Sciota
    • Sciota lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Old Prairie City Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Sciota.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sciota

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Old Prairie City Cemetery:

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including McDonough, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Old Prairie City Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6285, Longitude: -90.4566    
<3>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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