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A visit to the Pleasant 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. 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 Pleasant Prairie Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   39.5895°   (39° 35' 22")

Lon:   -98.0627°   (-98° 3' 45")

The Pleasant Prairie Cemetery is located in Jewell County<1>.

The county seat for Jewell County is located in Mankato. Mankato lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Pleasant Prairie Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Pleasant Prairie Cemetery.<3>

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

  • Star Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • West Hope Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Hope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The West Hope Cemetery is located in Jewell County
  • Randall Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Randall Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Randall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Randall Cemetery is located in Jewell County
  • Wallace Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wallace Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wallace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Wallace Cemetery is located in Jewell County
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Fairview Cemetery is located in Jewell County
  • Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lutheran Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lutheran Cemetery is located in Jewell County
  • Glendale Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Scottsville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jewell Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jewell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jewell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Jewell Cemetery is located in Jewell County
  • Union Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Union Cemetery is located in Jewell County
  • Elmwood Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Mitchell County
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • McBride Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McBride Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McBride Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The McBride Cemetery is located in Mitchell County
    • West Asher Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Asher Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Asher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The West Asher Cemetery is located in Mitchell County
    • Jamestown Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jamestown Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jamestown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Jamestown Cemetery is located in Cloud County
    • St. Mary's Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Fairview Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Fairview Cemetery is located in Mitchell County
    • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • East Buffalo Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Caldwell Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Caldwell Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Caldwell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Caldwell Cemetery is located in Jewell County
    • Pleasant View Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant View Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pleasant View Cemetery is located in Jewell County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 19 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Pleasant Prairie Cemetery.

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

  • Randall
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Scottsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Gilbert
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jewell
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jewell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
    • Jewell is located in Jewell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
  • Beloit
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beloit have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beloit
    • Beloit is located in Mitchell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,564 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beloit <6>
  • Jamestown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jamestown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
    • Jamestown is located in Cloud County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
  • Oneonta ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oneonta have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneonta
    • Oneonta is located in Cloud County
  • Asherville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Kackley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Formoso
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Montrose
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Glen Elder
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Simpson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Simpson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
      • Simpson is located in Cloud County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Simpson <6>
    • Macyville ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macyville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macyville
      • Macyville is located in Cloud County
    • Mankato
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Yuma
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Yuma. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuma
      • Yuma is located in Cloud County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Yuma
      • From the Pleasant Prairie Cemetery to Yuma
    • Courtland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Norway
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norway have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
      • Norway is located in Republic County
    • Glasco
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glasco have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasco
      • Glasco is located in Cloud County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 448 people
      • Former names for Glasco:
      • Dell Ray
      • Glasgow
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glasco <6>

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 Pleasant Prairie Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Jewell County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Beloit
    • Beloit lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Pleasant Prairie Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Beloit.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beloit
  • Burr Oak
  • Cawker City
  • Concordia
  • Courtland
  • Formoso
    • Formoso lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Pleasant Prairie Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Formoso.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Formoso
  • Glasco
    • Glasco lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the Southeast (SE) of the Pleasant Prairie Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Glasco.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasco
  • Glen Elder
  • Jamestown
  • Kackley
  • Mankato
    • Mankato lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Pleasant Prairie Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Mankato.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mankato
  • Scandia
  • Webber

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 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 Pleasant Prairie Cemetery:

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 Pleasant Prairie Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #472199  (Pleasant Prairie Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #472199 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Jewell SE
    • County: Jewell         Elev: 476
    • Location given for GNIS #472199 (Pleasant Prairie Cemetery)

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Jewell, 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' (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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Pleasant Prairie Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5895, Longitude: -98.0627    
<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>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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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