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A visit to the Prairie Home 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 Home Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Prairie Home Cemetery (FG ID #101194)

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 Home Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   40.1330°   (40° 7' 58")

Lon:   -96.9340°   (-96° 56' 2")

The Prairie Home Cemetery is located in Jefferson County<2>.

The county seat for Jefferson County is located in Fairbury. Fairbury lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the west of the Prairie Home Cemetery .

Establishment of the Prairie Home Cemetery ...

The Prairie Home Cemetery was established in 1879.

Name Variations for Prairie Home Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Prairie Home Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Diller Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 12 miles [19.3 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.

  • Hope Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hope Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hope Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hope Church Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
  • Reserve Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Harbine Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harbine Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harbine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Harbine Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Steele City Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Steele City Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Steele City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Steele City Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
  • Ellis Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ellis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ellis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ellis Cemetery is located in Gage County
  • Ellis Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ellis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ellis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ellis Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
  • Czech National Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Czech National Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Czech National Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Czech National Cemetery is located in Gage County
  • Odell Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Odell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Odell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Odell Cemetery is located in Gage County
  • Jansen Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • State Line Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Evangelical Lutheran St. Johns Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • St. Josephs Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Kilpatrick Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kilpatrick Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kilpatrick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Kilpatrick Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
    • Old Plymouth Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Plymouth Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Plymouth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Old Plymouth Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
    • Bartel Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bartel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bartel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bartel Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
    • Hollenberg Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Woodlawn Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
    • Grandy Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grandy Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grandy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Grandy Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
    • Fairbury Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairbury Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairbury Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Fairbury Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
    • Prall Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 21 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.

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 Jefferson County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 Home 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 Home Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #832368  (Prairie Home Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #832368 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: Harbine
    • County: Jefferson         Elev: 424
    • Location given for GNIS #832368 (Prairie Home Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #101194

The official website for Jefferson County: www.co.jefferson.ne.us/

The official website for State of Nebraska: https://www.nebraska.gov/

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 Jefferson, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Prairie Home Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1330, Longitude: -96.9340    
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.




 

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