A visit to the Prospect Hill 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 Prospect Hill Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Prospect Hill Cemetery (FG ID #97424).
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 Prospect Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Prospect Hill Cemetery:
44.0762, -98.5606
The Prospect Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Wessington Springs.
The cemetery is located in Jerauld County<2>.
The county seat for Jerauld County is located in Wessington Springs. Wessington Springs lies just to the northwest of the Prospect Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Prospect Hill Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> of the Prospect Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Prospect Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Jerauld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Viola Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Viola Valley Cemetery is located in Jerauld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola Valley Cemetery
- Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Hope Cemetery is located in Jerauld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chery Twp. Pioneer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Charity Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Solberg Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Solberg Cemetery is located in Jerauld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solberg Cemetery
- Earlville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Earlville Cemetery is located in Beadle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlville Cemetery
- German Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The German Cemetery is located in Jerauld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Cemetery
- Feistner Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Beadle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Jerauld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
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- Rest Haven Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Rest Haven Cemetery is located in Jerauld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Haven Cemetery
- Eventide Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- The Eventide Cemetery is located in Sanborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eventide Cemetery
- St. Wilfrid Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- The St. Wilfrid Cemetery is located in Sanborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Wilfrid Cemetery
- New Zion Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- The New Zion Cemetery is located in Hand County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Zion Cemetery
- McNair Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- The McNair Cemetery is located in Beadle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNair Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rosehill Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- The Rosehill Cemetery is located in Hand County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill Cemetery
- Aquilla Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- The Aquilla Cemetery is located in Sanborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Prospect Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Prospect Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Wessington Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Crow Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alpena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woonsocket
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Virgil
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Storla
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Storla is located in Aurora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storla
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6 people
- Cuthbert
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Gann Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Forestburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Wolsey
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lyonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lyonville is located in Brule County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonville
- Estimated population in 2014: 49 people
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Letcher
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- White Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Plankinton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wessington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Huron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Morningside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Vernon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Loomis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ames
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Prospect Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Jerauld County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Prospect Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Forestburg
- Gann Valley
- Huron
- Huron lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> to the Northeast (NE) of the Prospect Hill Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Huron.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Letcher
- Mount Vernon
- Plankinton
- Storla
- Virgil
- Virgil lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Prospect Hill Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Virgil.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgil
- Wessington Springs
- Wessington
- White Lake
- Wolsey
- Woonsocket
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Prospect Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to South Dakota:
- Pages specific to Jerauld 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 Prospect Hill Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #97424
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1257234 (Prospect Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1257234 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: Jerauld
- Est. Elev: 503 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Wessington Springs
- Location given for Prospect Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 44.0763792 Lon: -98.5612025
- 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 South Dakota's counties, including Jerauld, 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- Prospect Hill 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. |