A visit to the Youngs 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 Youngs Prairie Cemetery ...
The Youngs Prairie Cemetery is located in Cass County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Bethel Cemetery
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Cass County
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- Birch Lake Cemetery
- The Birch Lake Cemetery is located in Cass County
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- Brady Cemetery
- The Brady Cemetery is located in Cass County
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- Brookside Cemetery
- The Brookside Cemetery is located in Cass County
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- Calvin Center Cemetery
- Chain Lake Cemetery
- The Chain Lake Cemetery is located in Cass County
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- Charleston Cemetery
- The Charleston Cemetery is located in Cass County
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- Crane Cemetery
- The Crane Cemetery is located in Cass County
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- Dewey Cemetery
- The Dewey Cemetery is located in Cass County
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- Gage Cemetery
- The Gage Cemetery is located in Cass County
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- Haight Cemetery
- The Haight Cemetery is located in Cass County
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- Huyck Graves
- The Huyck Graves is located in Cass County
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- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Lilly Lake Cemetery
- The Lilly Lake Cemetery is located in Cass County
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- Little Fish Lake Cemetery
- Moon Cemetery
- The Moon Cemetery is located in Cass County
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- Oakdale Cemetery
- The Oakdale Cemetery is located in Cass County
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- Poe Cemetery
- Prairie Grove Cemetery
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
- Reams - Norton Cemetery
- Rest Haven Cemetery
- The Rest Haven Cemetery is located in Cass County
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- Riverside Cemetery
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Cass County
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- Rose Hill Cemetery
- The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Cass County
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- Schulte Cemetery
- South Wayne Cemetery
- The South Wayne Cemetery is located in Cass County
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- Van Riper Cemetery
- The Van Riper Cemetery is located in Cass County
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- White Cemetery
- The White Cemetery is located in Cass County
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- Whitmanville Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Youngs Prairie Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Berrien Center
- Brownsville
- Brownsville is located in Cass County
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- Cassopolis
- Chamberlain
- Chamberlain is located in Saint Joseph County
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- Corey
- Corey is located in Cass County
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- Decatur
- Dowagiac
- Edwardsburg
- Fabius
- Fabius is located in Saint Joseph County
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- Granger
- Jones
- Keeler
- Keeler is located in Van Buren County
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- Continue List (13 more) ...
- La Grange
- La Grange is located in Cass County
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- Lawton
- Marcellus
- Mottville
- Mottville is located in Saint Joseph County
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- Naomi
- Naomi is located in Berrien County
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- Niles
- Penn
- Penn is located in Cass County
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- Pokagon
- Pokagon is located in Cass County
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- Simonton Lake
- Simonton Lake is located in Elkhart County (IN)
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- Sumnerville
- Sumnerville is located in Cass County
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- Union
- Vandalia
- Vandalia is located in Cass County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Wakelee
- Wakelee is located in Cass County
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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 Youngs Prairie Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cass County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Youngs Prairie Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cassopolis
- Decatur
- Dowagiac
- Edwardsburg
- Lawton
- Marcellus
- Niles
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 professional and volunteer 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 Youngs Prairie Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Michigan:
- Pages specific to Cass 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 Youngs Prairie Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1616907 (Youngs Prairie Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1616907 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: Cass
- Est. Elev: 280 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Vandalia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Cass, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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- Youngs Prairie Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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