A visit to the West Prairie Creek 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 West Prairie Creek Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the West Prairie Creek Cemetery:
39.2748, -87.5028
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the West Prairie Creek Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The West Prairie Creek Cemetery is located in Vigo County<2>.
The county seat for Vigo County is located in Terre Haute. Terre Haute lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the north northeast of the West Prairie Creek Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the West Prairie Creek 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 West Prairie Creek Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from West Prairie Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Watson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Watson Cemetery is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Cemetery
- Lykens Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Lykens Cemetery is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lykens Cemetery
- Shattuck Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Shattuck Cemetery is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shattuck Cemetery
- Pogue Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Pogue Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pogue Cemetery
- DeBaun Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The DeBaun Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeBaun Cemetery
- Kester Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Kester Family Cemetery is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kester Family Cemetery
- The Kester Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kester Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85597 <5>
- Riggs - Ernest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Harmony Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The New Harmony Cemetery is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony Cemetery
- Darwin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Darwin Cemetery is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin Cemetery
- Pleasant Green Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Chowning Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Chowning Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chowning Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Liffick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Liffick Cemetery is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liffick Cemetery
- Hall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Hall Cemetery is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Cemetery
- Walnut Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- McKinney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The McKinney Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinney Cemetery
- Westlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Westlawn Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Westlawn Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Farmersburg.
- The Westlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- West Lawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87340 <5>
- Thompson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- Dean Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Dean Cemetery is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean Cemetery
- Alkire Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Alkire Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkire Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the West Prairie Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from West Prairie Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Prairie Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Vigo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Fairbanks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Scott City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Farmersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pimento
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pimento is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimento
- Prairieton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Shelburn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Snyder
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Snyder is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- West Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Union is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Youngstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Youngstown is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
- York
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- York is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- West York
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Graysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Weaver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Weaver is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Livingston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Livingston is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Hymera
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Toad Hop
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Toad Hop is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Hop
- Marshall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sullivan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dennison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dennison is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- Lewis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Riley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Riley is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Taylorville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Taylorville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
- West Terre Haute
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Farrington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Farrington is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrington
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 West Prairie Creek Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Vigo County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The West Prairie Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Farmersburg
- Marshall
- Shelburn
- Sullivan
- West Union
- West York
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 West Prairie Creek Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Vigo 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 West Prairie Creek Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #445803 (West Prairie Creek Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #445803 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: Vigo
- Est. Elev: 161 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hutton
- Location given for West Prairie Creek Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.2747612 Lon: -87.5028
- 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 Vigo, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- West Prairie Creek 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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