A visit to the Prairie Valley 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 Valley Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Prairie Valley Cemetery:
31.8760, -97.3317
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Prairie Valley Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Prairie Valley Cemetery is located in Hill County<2>.
The county seat for Hill County is located in Hillsboro. Hillsboro lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the northeast of the Prairie Valley Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Prairie Valley Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km] of the Prairie Valley Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Prairie Valley Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Smiths Bend - Coon Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Whitney - Towash Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Lebanon Cemetery is located in Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Cemetery
- Yates Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Yates Cemetery is located in Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Prairie Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Vaughan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Vaughan Cemetery is located in Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Cedron Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Cedron Cemetery is located in Bosque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedron Cemetery
- Scotts Chapel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Peoria Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Peoria Cemetery is located in Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria Cemetery
- The Peoria Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rogers T. Davidson Peoria Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #403918 <5>
- Ft. Graham Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Ft. Graham Cemetery is located in Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ft. Graham Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wortham Bend Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Wortham Bend Cemetery is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortham Bend Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hickey Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Hickey Cemetery is located in Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickey Cemetery
- Cedron Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Cedron Cemetery is located in Bosque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedron Cemetery
- Hillcrest Garden of Memory Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Heath Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- National Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- The National Cemetery is located in Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National Cemetery
- Steiner Valley Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Thiele Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Thiele Cemetery is located in Bosque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thiele Cemetery
- Patrick Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- The Patrick Cemetery is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Patrick Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the northwest of Waco.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5907 <5>
- Gholson Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Gholson Cemetery is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholson Cemetery
- Bold Springs Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Bold Springs Cemetery is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bold Springs Cemetery
- Woodbury Cemetery (New)
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Woodbury Cemetery (New) is located in Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Cemetery (New)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodbury Cemetery (New) is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the northwest of Hillsboro.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1976422 <5>
- Pleasant View Memorial Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- The Pleasant View Memorial Cemetery is located in Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Memorial Cemetery
- The Pleasant View Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jawbone Cemetery
- Pleasant View Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1461380 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Prairie Valley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Prairie Valley Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Laguna Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Whitney
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Aquilla
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greenock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Greenock is located in Bosque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenock
- Tyson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tyson is located in Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson
- Peoria
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Peoria is located in Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Womack
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Womack is located in Bosque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack
- Cayote
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cayote is located in Bosque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayote
- Huron ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Huron is located in Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Gholson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gholson is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,127 people
- Lakeside Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside Village is located in Bosque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Patrick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Patrick is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- West
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Chatt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Chatt is located in Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatt
- Hillsboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- China Spring
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rock Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rock Creek is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Abbott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Clifton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ross
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kopperl
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blum
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tours
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tours is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tours
- Kimball
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Kimball is located in Bosque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
- Lovelace
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lovelace is located in Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace
- Morgan
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Meridian
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
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 Valley Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Hill County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Prairie Valley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Aquilla
- Blum
- Blum lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the North (N) of the Prairie Valley Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Blum.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blum
- Clifton
- Hillsboro
- Meridian
- Morgan
- Peoria
- Valley Mills
- West
- West lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Prairie Valley Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for West.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
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 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 Valley Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Hill 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 Valley Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1852117 (Prairie Valley Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1852117 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: Hill
- Est. Elev: 168 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Whitney
- Location given for Prairie Valley Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.8759914 Lon: -97.3316788
- 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 Texas' counties, including Hill, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Prairie Valley 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. |
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