A visit to the Prairie View Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
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 View Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Prairie View Cemetery:
35.1462, -96.9656
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Prairie View Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Prairie View Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County<2>.
The county seat for Pottawatomie County is located in Shawnee. Shawnee lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the north of the Prairie View Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Prairie View Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Prairie View Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Prairie View Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Romulus Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Romulus Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romulus Cemetery
- Brooksville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Brooksville Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville Cemetery
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ruggles Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Ruggles Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles Cemetery
- Friendship Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
- Tribbey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Tribbey Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribbey Cemetery
- Light Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Light Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light Cemetery
- Prospect Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Prospect Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Cemetery
- Old Moral Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Old Moral Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Moral Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Forest Hill Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Cemetery
- Highland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Highland Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
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- Oak Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Little Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Little Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cemetery
- Cummings Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Cummings Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Cemetery
- The Cummings Cemetery has also been known as:
- Maud Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #98830 <5>
- New Hope Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Mars Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Mars Hill Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill Cemetery
- Council Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Council Creek Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council Creek Cemetery
- Avoca Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Avoca Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca Cemetery
- Collins Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Collins Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins Cemetery
- Dripping Springs Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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]<3> of the Prairie View Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Prairie View Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Macomb
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Brooksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brooksville is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Tribbey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tribbey is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribbey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Saint Louis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tecumseh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pink
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pink is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,187 people
- Maud
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Maud is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,059 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maud <6>
- Asher
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bethel Acres
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bethel Acres is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,262 people
- Etowah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Etowah is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Earlsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wanette
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Sacred Heart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sacred Heart is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart
- Shawnee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Little Axe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Little Axe is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Axe
- Bowlegs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dale is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Konawa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Seminole
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Maguire
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Maguire is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maguire
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 View Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Pottawatomie County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Prairie View Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Asher
- Byars
- Byars lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Prairie View Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Byars.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byars
- Earlsboro
- Lima
- Lima lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the East (E) of the Prairie View Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lima.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Macomb
- Maud
- Maud lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the East (E) of the Prairie View Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Maud.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- McLoud
- McLoud lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Prairie View Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for McLoud.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLoud
- Sacred Heart
- Seminole
- Shawnee
- Tecumseh
- Tribbey
- Wanette
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 View Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Oklahoma:
- Pages specific to Pottawatomie 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 View Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1096908 (Prairie View Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1096908 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: Pottawatomie
- Est. Elev: 309 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Brooksville
- Location given for Prairie View Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.1461855 Lon: -96.9655778
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Pottawatomie, 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' (or 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 View 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> | 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |