A visit to the Prater 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 Prater Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Prater Cemetery (FG ID #2588527).
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 Prater Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Prater Cemetery:
35.7297, -89.4712
The Prater Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County<2>.
The county seat for Lauderdale County is located in Ripley. Ripley lies just to the west northwest of the Prater Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Prater Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Prater Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Prater Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Canfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Holmes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Spring Hill Cemetery is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Cemetery
- Maplewood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Woodville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Woodville Cemetery is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville Cemetery
- Keltner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ripley Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Elam Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Durhamville Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Elam Durhamville Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Trinity Cemetery is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
- Leggett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Crossroads Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Asbury UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Durham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Eureka Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Eureka Cemetery is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Cemetery
- Grace Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope Methodist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clark Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Poplar Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Prater Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Prater Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Toulon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Woodville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ripley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Durhamville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Flippin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Nutbush
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Henning
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arp
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Edith
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gates
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Glimp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Halls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Luckett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Bluff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Pillow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Covington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Owl City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Owl City is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Johnsons Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Maury City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Maury City is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Unionville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bride
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Allens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
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 Prater Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lauderdale County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Prater Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brownsville
- Covington
- Friendship
- Halls
- Halls lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Prater Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Halls.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
- Ripley
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Prater Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Lauderdale 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 Prater Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2588527
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 Tennessee's counties, including Lauderdale, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Prater 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. |