A visit to the Elkhart 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 Elkhart Prairie Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Elkhart Prairie Cemetery:
41.5514, -85.8069
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Elkhart Prairie Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Elkhart Prairie Cemetery is located in Elkhart County<2>.
The county seat for Elkhart County is located in Goshen. Goshen lies just to the northwest of the Elkhart Prairie Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Elkhart Prairie Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Elkhart Prairie Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Elkhart Prairie Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Violett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Violett Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violett Cemetery
- The Violett Cemetery has also been known as:
- Waterford Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87250 <5>
- Sparklin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- West Goshen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The West Goshen Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Goshen Cemetery
- The West Goshen Cemetery has also been known as:
- West Goshen Brethren Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1744941 <5>
- Hess Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Hess Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hess Cemetery
- Baintertown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Baintertown Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baintertown Cemetery
- The Baintertown Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rodibaugh Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1985960 <5>
- Cripe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Cripe Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cripe Cemetery
- Morris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Morris Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Paris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jackson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Jackson Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Cemetery
- Clinton Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Studebaker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Studebaker Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Studebaker Cemetery
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Nisley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Nisley Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nisley Cemetery
- Stutsman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Stutsman Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stutsman Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Cornell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pine Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burkett Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Burkett Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkett Cemetery
- Wenger Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Wenger Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenger Cemetery
- Yellow Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Yellow Creek Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Hoke Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Hoke Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoke Cemetery
- Hire Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Hire Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hire Cemetery
- Geising Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Geising Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geising Cemetery
- Adams - Neff Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Adams - Neff Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams - Neff Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Adams - Neff Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the west of Middlebury.
- The Adams - Neff Cemetery has also been known as:
- Adams Cemetery
- Neff - Adams Cemetery
- Neff Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86111 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Elkhart Prairie Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Elkhart Prairie Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Bainter Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
- Goshen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Paris
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Benton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Benton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Millersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Foraker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Foraker is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
- Southwest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Southwest is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest
- Milford Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Milford Junction is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Junction
- Dunlap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlap is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Milford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Milford is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
- Syracuse
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wawasee Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wawasee Village is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawasee Village
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Middlebury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gravelton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gravelton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelton
- Garden Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Garden Village is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Bristol
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Wakarusa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Nappanee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ligonier
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elkhart
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jamestown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jamestown is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Topeka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cromwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shipshewana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
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 Elkhart Prairie Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Elkhart County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Elkhart Prairie Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cromwell
- Elkhart
- Foraker
- Goshen
- Leesburg
- Ligonier
- Nappanee
- New Paris
- Syracuse
- Topeka
- Wakarusa
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 Elkhart Prairie Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Elkhart 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 Elkhart Prairie Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #434080 (Elkhart Prairie Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #434080 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: Elkhart
- Est. Elev: 249 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Goshen
- Location given for Elkhart Prairie Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.5514382 Lon: -85.806937
- 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 Indiana's counties, including Elkhart, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Elkhart 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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