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. 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:
40.1330, -96.9340
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 .
Open a Google Map centered on 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:
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)
- The Hope Church Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Church Cemetery
- Reserve Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harbine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Harbine Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbine Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Steele City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Steele City Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele City Cemetery
- Ellis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Ellis Cemetery is located in Gage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Cemetery
- Ellis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Ellis Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Cemetery
- Czech National Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Odell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- 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)
- The Kilpatrick Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilpatrick Cemetery
- Old Plymouth Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Old Plymouth Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Plymouth Cemetery
- Bartel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Bartel Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartel Cemetery
- Hollenberg Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- Grandy Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Grandy Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandy Cemetery
- Fairbury Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Fairbury Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbury Cemetery
- 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:
- Diller
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Harbine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ellis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Steele City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jansen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Endicott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lanham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lanham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Odell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hollenberg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hollenberg is located in Washington County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollenberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20 people
- Plymouth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Beatrice
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Fairbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wymore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Blue Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Holmesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hanover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Thompson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bremen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Swanton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- De Witt
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
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.
- Barneston
- Beatrice
- Blue Springs
- De Witt
- Diller
- Endicott
- Fairbury
- Hanover
- Hollenberg
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Continue List (6 more)
- Odell
- Plymouth
- Steele City
- Swanton
- Wymore
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Jefferson 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 Find-A-Grave Entry: #101194
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #832368 (Prairie Home Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #832368 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: Jefferson
- Est. Elev: 424 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Harbine
- Location given for Prairie Home Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.1327803 Lon: -96.9325288
- 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 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 drawn 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |