A visit to the Prairie Home 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 Prairie Home Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Prairie Home Cemetery:
48.0792, -97.4645
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Prairie Home Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Prairie Home Cemetery is located in Grand Forks County<2>.
The county seat for Grand Forks County is located in Grand Forks. Grand Forks lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Prairie Home Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Prairie Home Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 19 miles [30.6 km] of the Prairie Home Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Prairie Home Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Memorial Park is located in Walsh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park
- Inkster Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Arvilla Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Arvilla Cemetery is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arvilla Cemetery
- Bellevue Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Bellevue Cemetery is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bellevue Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Larimore.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #101713 <5>
- Emerado Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- The Emerado Cemetery is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerado Cemetery
- St. Timothy Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- The St. Timothy Cemetery is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Timothy Cemetery
- Forest River Colony Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marks Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Marks Cemetery is located in Walsh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marks Cemetery
- Elm Grove Lutheran Church Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Elm Grove Lutheran Church Cemetery is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove Lutheran Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elm Grove Lutheran Church Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the northwest of Larimore.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2233247 <5>
- Minto Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- The Minto Cemetery is located in Walsh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minto Cemetery
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Walsh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
- East Forest River Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- The St. Patrick Cemetery is located in Walsh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patrick Cemetery
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- The St. Lukes Cemetery is located in Walsh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Lukes Cemetery
- EUB Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- The EUB Cemetery is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for EUB Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Marshall County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Marshall County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Walsh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Niagara Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- The Niagara Cemetery is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niagara Cemetery
- Kongsvinger Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- The Kongsvinger Cemetery is located in Polk County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kongsvinger Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 18 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Prairie Home Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Prairie Home Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Gilby
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Johnstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Johnstown is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Mekinock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forest River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Inkster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Orr
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Orr is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
- Ardoch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Arvilla
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Emerado
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kelly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kelly is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- McCanna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- McCanna is located in Grand Forks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCanna
- Larimore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Manvel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Conway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Conway is located in Walsh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21 people
- Minto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Oslo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oslo is located in Marshall County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oslo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oslo <6>
- Warsaw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Warsaw is located in Walsh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
- Fordville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Home Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Grand Forks County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Prairie Home Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Conway
- Fordville
- Gilby
- Gilby lies less than 2 miles<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Prairie Home Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Gilby.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilby
- Grand Forks
- Inkster
- Kempton
- Larimore
- Minto
- Minto lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Prairie Home Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Minto.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minto
- Oslo
- Oslo lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Prairie Home Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Oslo.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oslo
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 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 Prairie Home Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Dakota:
- Pages specific to Grand Forks 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 Prairie Home Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1030800 (Prairie Home Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1030800 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: Grand Forks
- Est. Elev: 268 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Gilby
- Location given for Prairie Home Cemetery:
- Lat: 48.0791559 Lon: -97.4645272
- 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 North Dakota's counties, including Grand Forks, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Prairie Home 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |