A visit to the Prough 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 Prough Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Prough Cemetery:
40.1461, -92.6769
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Prough Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Prough Cemetery is located in Adair County<2>.
The county seat for Adair County is located in Kirksville. Kirksville lies just to the east northeast of the Prough Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Prough Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Prough Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Prough Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Pinkerton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Pinkerton Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkerton Cemetery
- Sloans Point Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Sloans Point Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloans Point Cemetery
- Lutz Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Lutz Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutz Cemetery
- Yarrow UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Yarrow UMC Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarrow UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Yarrow UMC Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Yarrow.
- The Yarrow UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pierceville Cemetery
- Tick Hill Cemetery
- Yarrow Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2157563 <5>
- Collett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Collett Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collett Cemetery
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Moriah Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Moriah Cemetery
- Baden Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pratt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Pratt Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Cemetery
- Ownbey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Ownbey Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ownbey Cemetery
- Hall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Hall Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Cemetery
- Indian Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Indian Hill Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hill Cemetery
- Canaday Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Maple Hill Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill Cemetery
- Forest - Llewellyn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Campbell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
- Stukey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Park View Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Park View Memorial Gardens is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park View Memorial Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Park View Memorial Gardens is located outside and to the southeast of Kirksville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30743 <5>
- Novinger Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Novinger Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novinger Cemetery
- Indian Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shaver Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cater Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Cater Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cater Cemetery
- Highland Park Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Bear Creek Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek 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 Prough Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Prough Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Yarrow ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Yarrow is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarrow
- Tipperary ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tipperary is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipperary
- Novinger
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Novinger is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novinger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Kirksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nind ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nind is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nind
- Millard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Millard is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Danforth ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Danforth is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danforth
- South Gifford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- South Gifford is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Bullion ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bullion is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Sticklerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sticklerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sticklerville
- La Plata
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Winigan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Winigan is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winigan
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Goldsberry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Goldsberry is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsberry
- Elmer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Elmer is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Greencastle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gibbs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Brashear
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Brashear is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brashear
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Greentop
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Owasco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Owasco is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- New Boston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Boston is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Love Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Love Lake is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Lake
- Wilson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wilson is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Green City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Green City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Ethel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Barnesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Barnesville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
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 Prough Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Adair County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Prough Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brashear
- Elmer
- Ethel
- Green City
- Greencastle
- Greentop
- Kirksville
- La Plata
- Novinger
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Prough Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Adair 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 Prough Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #724962 (Prough Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #724962 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: Adair
- Est. Elev: 263 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Novinger
- Location given for Prough Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.1461411 Lon: -92.6768623
- 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 Missouri's counties, including Adair, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Prough 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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