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 #101195).
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:
40.4549, -99.3495
The Prairie Home Cemetery is located in Phelps County<2>.
The county seat for Phelps County is located in Holdrege. Holdrege lies just to the southwest 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 21 that are within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> of the Prairie Home Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Prairie Home Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Industry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Prairie Cemetery is located in Phelps County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Cemetery
- Moses Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fridhem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Magill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Loomis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Antelope Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Antelope Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope Cemetery
- Shaw Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Freewater Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Freewater Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freewater Cemetery
- Wilcox Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bethphage Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
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- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Bethany Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Williamsburg Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Keene Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Platte Valley Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sandstrom Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bainbridge Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- The Bainbridge Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge Cemetery
- Keene Family Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 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 20 miles [32.2 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:
- Holdrege
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sacramento
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Funk
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Atlanta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Loomis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ragan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wilcox
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Axtell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Westmark
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Keene
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bertrand
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mascot
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Huntley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Huntley is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Odessa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hildreth
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Elm Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Oxford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kearney City ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Minden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Kearney
(21 miles [33.8 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 Home Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Phelps County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Prairie Home Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alma
- Alma lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the South (S) of the Prairie Home Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Alma.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Atlanta
- Axtell
- Bertrand
- Elm Creek
- Funk
- Hildreth
- Holdrege
- Kearney
- Loomis
- Minden
- Newark
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Continue List (6 more)
- Overton
- Oxford
- Ragan
- Ragan lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Prairie Home Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ragan.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragan
- Smithfield
- Wilcox
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 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 Phelps 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: #101195
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #832369 (Prairie Home Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #832369 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: Phelps
- Est. Elev: 702 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Holdrege East
- Location given for Prairie Home Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.454733 Lon: -99.3495431
- 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 Phelps, 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 obstructions 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |