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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. 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 Pleasant Prairie Cemetery ...

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

40.0247, -100.6102

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Pleasant Prairie Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Pleasant Prairie Cemetery is located in Red Willow County<2>.

The county seat for Red Willow County is located in McCook. McCook lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the north of the Pleasant Prairie Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Pleasant Prairie Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 18 miles [29 km] of the Pleasant Prairie Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Cedar Bluffs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Cedar Bluffs Cemetery is located in Decatur County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluffs Cemetery
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • The Fairview Cemetery is located in Red Willow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
  • Traer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • The Traer Cemetery is located in Decatur County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traer Cemetery
  • Danbury - Marion Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • St. John Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • The St. John Cemetery is located in Red Willow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John Cemetery
  • Evangelical Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • The Evangelical Cemetery is located in Rawlins County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evangelical Cemetery
  • Union Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • The Union Cemetery is located in Rawlins County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Decatur County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Decatur County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • The Calvary Cemetery is located in Red Willow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
  • Memorial Park Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • The Memorial Park Cemetery is located in Red Willow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park Cemetery
    • The Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Longview Cemetery
    • Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100966 <5>
  • Grove Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • St. Mary's Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • The St. Mary's Cemetery is located in Rawlins County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary's Cemetery
    • Oberlin Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • The Oberlin Cemetery is located in Decatur County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oberlin Cemetery
    • Vallonia Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • The Vallonia Cemetery is located in Decatur County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallonia Cemetery
    • Redman Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • The Redman Cemetery is located in Decatur County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redman Cemetery
    • Hamburg Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • The Hamburg Cemetery is located in Red Willow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg Cemetery
    • Swedish Baptist Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • The Swedish Baptist Cemetery is located in Rawlins County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedish Baptist Cemetery
    • Swedish Lutheran Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Edwards Maple Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • The Edwards Maple Cemetery is located in Decatur County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Maple Cemetery
    • White Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • The White Cemetery is located in Decatur County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cemetery
    • Cedar Grove Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Indian Hills Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • The Indian Hills Cemetery is located in Red Willow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Indian Hills Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Indianola.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2157401 <5>
    • Indianola Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • The Indianola Cemetery is located in Red Willow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianola Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Indianola Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Indianola.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100829 <5>
    • St. Catherine Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 16 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Pleasant Prairie Cemetery.

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

  • Traer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Traer is located in Decatur County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traer
  • Danbury
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Herndon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Herndon is located in Rawlins County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
  • McCook
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • McCook is located in Red Willow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCook
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,499 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McCook <6>
  • Oberlin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Oberlin is located in Decatur County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oberlin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,669 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oberlin <6>
  • Red Willow
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Red Willow is located in Red Willow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Willow
  • Lebanon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Indianola
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Culbertson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Kanona
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Kanona is located in Decatur County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanona
  • Ludell
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ludell is located in Rawlins County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludell
  • Lyle
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Lyle is located in Decatur County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyle
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Bartley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Trenton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Norcatur
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Norcatur is located in Decatur County (KS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norcatur
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
    • Beverly
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Beverly is located in Hitchcock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly

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 Red Willow County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Atwood
    • Atwood lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Pleasant Prairie Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Atwood.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
  • Bartley
  • Cambridge
  • Culbertson
  • Danbury
  • Herndon
  • Indianola
  • Jennings
  • Lebanon
  • Ludell
    • Ludell lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Pleasant Prairie Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ludell.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludell
  • McCook
  • Norcatur
  • Oberlin
    • Oberlin lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Pleasant Prairie Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Oberlin.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oberlin
  • Trenton
    • Trenton lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Pleasant Prairie Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Trenton.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton

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:

  • Pages specific to Nebraska:
  • Pages specific to Red Willow 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 Pleasant Prairie Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #832207  (Pleasant Prairie Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #832207 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: Red Willow
      • Est. Elev: 831 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: McCook SE
      • Location given for Pleasant Prairie Cemetery:
      • Lat: 40.0247271     Lon: -100.6101497
      • 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 Nebraska's counties, including Red Willow, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pleasant Prairie 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.