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A visit to the Prairie Union 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 Union Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Prairie Union Cemetery (FG ID #825814)

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 Union Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   40.2483°   (40° 14' 53")

Lon:   -95.7152°   (-95° 42' 54")

The Prairie Union Cemetery is located in Richardson County<2>.

The county seat for Richardson County is located in Falls City. Falls City lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Prairie Union Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Prairie Union Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Prairie Union Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Prairie Union 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 Union Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Richardson County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Auburn
    • Auburn lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the Prairie Union Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Auburn.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
  • Brownville
  • Corning
  • Craig
    • Craig lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Prairie Union Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Craig.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
  • Dawson
    • Dawson lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the Southwest (SW) of the Prairie Union Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Dawson.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
  • Fairfax
  • Falls City
  • Howe
    • Howe lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the Prairie Union Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Howe.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
  • Humboldt
  • Johnson
  • Nemaha
    • Nemaha lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Prairie Union Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Nemaha.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemaha
  • Peru
    • Peru lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the North (N) of the Prairie Union Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Peru.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
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    • Salem
      • Salem lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the South (S) of the Prairie Union Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Salem.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Shubert
      • Shubert lies less than 2 miles<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Prairie Union Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Shubert.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shubert
    • Stella
      • Stella lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Prairie Union Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Stella.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
    • Verdon

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 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 Prairie Union 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 Union Cemetery:

The official website for Richardson County: www.co.richardson.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 Richardson, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Prairie Union Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2483, Longitude: -95.7152    
<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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