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A visit to the Prairie Mound 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 Mound Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Prairie Mound Cemetery (FG ID #97418)

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 Mound Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   45.2732°   (45° 16' 23")

Lon:   -97.7154°   (-97° 42' 55")

The cemetery is located in Day County<3>.

As an estimate, the Prairie Mound Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the south of Butler.

The county seat for Day County is located in Webster. Webster lies 10 miles [16.1 km] to the east northeast of the Prairie Mound Cemetery .

Establishment of the Prairie Mound Cemetery ...

The Prairie Mound Cemetery was established in 1812.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 15 miles [24.1 km] of the Prairie Mound Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ebenezer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ebenezer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Day County
  • Bethany Evangelical Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethany Evangelical Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethany Evangelical Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bethany Evangelical Cemetery is located in Day County
  • St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery is located in Day County
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hillside Cemetery is located in Day County
  • St. Ansgaar Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Ansgaar Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Ansgaar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Ansgaar Cemetery is located in Day County
  • New Sweden Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Sweden Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Sweden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The New Sweden Cemetery is located in Day County
  • West Saviors Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Saviors Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Saviors Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The West Saviors Cemetery is located in Clark County
  • Our Saviors Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Our Saviors Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Our Saviors Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Our Saviors Cemetery is located in Clark County
  • St. Otto's Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Otto's Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Otto's Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Otto's Cemetery is located in Day County
  • Webster Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Webster Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Webster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Webster Cemetery is located in Day County
  • Highland Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Highland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Highland Cemetery is located in Day County
  • Scotland Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scotland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scotland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Scotland Cemetery is located in Day County
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Hosanger Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hosanger Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hosanger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hosanger Cemetery is located in Day County
    • Old St. Otto's Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old St. Otto's Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old St. Otto's Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Old St. Otto's Cemetery is located in Day County
    • Bergen Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bergen Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bergen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bergen Cemetery is located in Day County
    • Tabor Lutheran Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tabor Lutheran Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tabor Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Tabor Lutheran Cemetery is located in Day County
    • Andover Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Andover Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Andover Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Andover Cemetery is located in Day County
    • All Saints Catholic Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • St. Thomas Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Thomas Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Thomas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Thomas Cemetery is located in Clark County
    • Crandall Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crandall Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crandall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Crandall Cemetery is located in Clark County
    • St. Pauli Lutheran Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauli Lutheran Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauli Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Pauli Lutheran Cemetery is located in Codington County
    • Wheatland Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wheatland Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wheatland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wheatland Cemetery is located in Day County
    • Skudesnes Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Skudesnes Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Skudesnes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Skudesnes Cemetery is located in Day County

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]<2> of the Prairie Mound Cemetery.

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

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Andover
  • Bradley
    • Bradley lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Prairie Mound Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Bradley.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
  • Bristol
  • Clark
    • Clark lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> to the South (S) of the Prairie Mound Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Clark.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
  • Conde
    • Conde lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Prairie Mound Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Conde.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conde
  • Florence
  • Garden City
  • Groton
    • Groton lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the Northwest (NW) of the Prairie Mound Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Groton.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton
  • Langford
  • Lily
    • Lily lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Prairie Mound Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lily.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
  • Pierpont
  • Turton
    • Turton lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the Southwest (SW) of the Prairie Mound Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Turton.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turton
  • Waubay
  • Webster
    • Webster lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Prairie Mound Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Webster.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster

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 helpful 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 Mound 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 Mound Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1257205  (Prairie Mound Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1257205 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: Bristol East
    • County: Day         Elev: 552
    • Location given for GNIS #1257205 (Prairie Mound Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #97418

The official website for State of South Dakota: https://www.sd.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>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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Prairie Mound Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2732, Longitude: -97.7154    
<3>If you're interested in how the shape of South Dakota's counties, including Day, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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>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.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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