A visit to the Prairie Creek Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Prairie Creek Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Prairie Creek Cemetery (FG ID #101191).
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 Creek Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Prairie Creek Cemetery:
41.1176, -98.1538
The Prairie Creek Cemetery is located in Merrick County<2>.
The county seat for Merrick County is located in Central City. Central City lies just to the east of the Prairie Creek Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Prairie Creek Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> of the Prairie Creek Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Prairie Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Archer Evangelical Community Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- German Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Norwegian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Norwegian Cemetery is located in Merrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwegian Cemetery
- Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Chapman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Norwegian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Burke Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Central City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Weigert Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Weigert Cemetery is located in Merrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weigert Cemetery
- Wiegert Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- St. Libory Catholic Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- George Western Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mamre Evangelical Free Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Monroe Evangelical Free Church Cemetery - Murphy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Richland Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Siloa Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Prairie Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Prairie Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Archer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Paddock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Paddock is located in Merrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
- Hord
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Worms
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Chapman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Central City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Palmer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Overland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Saint Libory
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Marquette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kronborg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hordville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Phillips
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Grand Island
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cushing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clarks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Paul
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Aurora
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Polk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fullerton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
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 Merrick County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Prairie Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alda
- Alda lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the Southwest (SW) of the Prairie Creek Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Alda.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alda
- Aurora
- Central City
- Clarks
- Clarks lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Prairie Creek Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Clarks.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks
- Cushing
- Dannebrog
- Fullerton
- Giltner
- Grand Island
- Hampton
- Hordville
- Marquette
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Continue List (4 more)
- Polk
- Polk lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the East (E) of the Prairie Creek Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Polk.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Saint Paul
- Wolbach
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 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:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Merrick 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 Creek Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #101191
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #832352 (Prairie Creek Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #832352 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: Merrick
- Est. Elev: 537 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Chapman
- Location given for Prairie Creek Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.1175132 Lon: -98.1539491
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Merrick, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Prairie Creek 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |