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A visit to the 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. 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 Prairie Creek Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   44.4075°   (44° 24' 26")

Lon:   -93.0963°   (-93° 5' 46")

The Prairie Creek Cemetery is located in Rice County<1>.

The county seat for Rice County is located in Faribault. Faribault lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Prairie Creek Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Prairie Creek Cemetery.<3>

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

  • Calvary Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Calvary Cemetery is located in Rice County
  • Oak Lawn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Lawn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Oak Lawn Cemetery is located in Rice County
  • Nerstrand Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nerstrand Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nerstrand Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Nerstrand Cemetery is located in Rice County
  • Wangs Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wangs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wangs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Wangs Cemetery is located in Goodhue County
  • Wheeling Evangelical Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wheeling Evangelical Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wheeling Evangelical Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Wheeling Evangelical Cemetery is located in Rice County
  • Knoll Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knoll Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Knoll Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Knoll Cemetery is located in Goodhue County
  • German Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the German Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the German Methodist Episcopal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The German Methodist Episcopal Cemetery is located in Goodhue County
  • Redrose Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Little Cannon Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Cannon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Cannon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Little Cannon Cemetery is located in Goodhue County
  • Wangen Prairie Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wangen Prairie Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wangen Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Wangen Prairie Cemetery is located in Goodhue County
  • Kibbe Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Oxford Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oxford Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oxford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Oxford Cemetery is located in Goodhue County
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Greenvale Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Rolling Green Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rolling Green Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rolling Green Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Rolling Green Cemetery is located in Rice County
    • Forest Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Forest Cemetery is located in Rice County
    • St. Michaels Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Michaels Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Michaels Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Michaels Cemetery is located in Goodhue County
    • Lakeside Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Solar Lutheran Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Solar Lutheran Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Solar Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Solar Lutheran Cemetery is located in Dakota County
    • Oak Grove Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Rice County
    • Oak Ridge Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • St. Lawrence Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery is located in Goodhue County
    • Eidsvold Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eidsvold Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eidsvold Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Eidsvold Cemetery is located in Goodhue County
    • Urland Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Urland Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Urland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Urland Cemetery is located in Goodhue County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Prairie Creek Cemetery.

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

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 Prairie Creek Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Rice County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Prairie Creek 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 Prairie Creek Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #649703  (Prairie Creek Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #649703 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: Dennison
    • County: Rice         Elev: 311
    • Location given for GNIS #649703 (Prairie Creek Cemetery)

The official website for Rice County: www.co.rice.mn.us/

The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Rice, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Prairie Creek Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4075, Longitude: -93.0963    
<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>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.
<6>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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