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. 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 Old Prairie City Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Old Prairie City Cemetery:
40.6284, -90.4565
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Old Prairie City Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Old Prairie City Cemetery is located in Warren County<2>.
The county seat for Warren County is located in Monmouth. Monmouth lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Old Prairie City Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on 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.<4>
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)
- The Avon Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Cemetery
- Holeman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Holeman Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holeman Cemetery
- Holeman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Holeman Cemetery is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holeman Cemetery
- Virgil Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Virgil Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil Cemetery
- Guernsey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Guernsey Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey Cemetery
- Peirsol Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Peirsol Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peirsol Cemetery
- McMahill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The McMahill Cemetery is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMahill Cemetery
- Bushnell City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Bushnell City Cemetery is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bushnell City Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Bushnell.
- The Bushnell City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bushnell Cemetery
- St. Augustine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bond Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Bond Cemetery is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bond Cemetery
- Solon - Robinson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barnes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Barnes Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Checkrow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Checkrow Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Checkrow Cemetery
- Flake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Flake Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flake Cemetery
- Babbitt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Babbitt Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbitt Cemetery
- Hunt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Hunt Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Cemetery
- Greenbush Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Greenbush Cemetery is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush Cemetery
- Larkins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Larkins Cemetery is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkins Cemetery
- Hageman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Hageman Cemetery is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hageman Cemetery
- The Hageman Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lynn - Hageman Cemetery
- Rigdon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Rigdon Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigdon Cemetery
- Ellisville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Ellisville Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisville Cemetery
- Heartley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Heartley Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartley Cemetery
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]<3> 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:
- Prairie City
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Prairie City is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
- Avon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bushnell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Checkrow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Checkrow is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Checkrow
- Babylon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Babylon is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babylon
- Saint Augustine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ellisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Youngstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Youngstown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
- New Philadelphia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New Philadelphia is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Philadelphia
- Marietta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bardolph
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blyton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blyton is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blyton
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- London Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Good Hope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Berwick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Abingdon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Smithfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Roseville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Adair
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bybee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bybee is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bybee
- Fiatt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fairview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- De Long
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- De Long is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Long
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 Warren 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
- Avon
- Avon lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> 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]<3> 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
- Roseville
- Sciota
- Sciota lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> 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:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Warren 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 Old Prairie City Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1975369 (Old Prairie City Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1975369 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: Warren
- Est. Elev: 198 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Avon
- Location given for Old Prairie City Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.6283734 Lon: -90.4565175
- 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 Warren, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Old Prairie City 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. |