A visit to the Youngs Prairie 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 Youngs Prairie Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Youngs Prairie Cemetery (FG ID #7804).
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 Youngs Prairie Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Youngs Prairie Cemetery:
30.2912, -97.3997
The Youngs Prairie Cemetery is located in Bastrop County<2>.
The county seat for Bastrop County is located in Bastrop. Bastrop lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Youngs Prairie Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Youngs Prairie Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Youngs Prairie Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Youngs Prairie Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Standifer Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Speir Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Speir Cemetery is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speir Cemetery
- Hog Eye Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Hog Eye Cemetery is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Eye Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Elgin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Schiller Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Schiller Cemetery is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schiller Cemetery
- Schiller Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sayers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Westbrook Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lockwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Lockwood Cemetery is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Easley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Smith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Morgan Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glasscock Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Glasscock Cemetery is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasscock Cemetery
- Woods Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Three Oaks Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rosehill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Rosehill Cemetery is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill Cemetery
- Walker - Watson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Youngs Prairie Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Youngs Prairie Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Littig
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elgin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Webberville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Manda ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Manda is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manda
- Camp Swift
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- McDade
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Manor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Phelan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Sweden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Sweden is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden
- Garfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wyldwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wyldwood is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyldwood
- Coupland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Knobbs Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cele
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bastrop
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Daffan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cedar Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beyersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Del Valle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Blue
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pflugerville
(16 miles [25.7 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 Youngs Prairie Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Bastrop County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Youngs Prairie Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bastrop
- Camp Swift
- Coupland
- Elgin
- Elgin lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Youngs Prairie Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Elgin.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Manor
- Manor lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Youngs Prairie Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Manor.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor
- Pflugerville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Youngs Prairie Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Bastrop 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 Youngs Prairie Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #7804
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1350704 (Youngs Prairie Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1350704 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: Bastrop
- Est. Elev: 157 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Elgin West
- Location given for Youngs Prairie Cemetery:
- Lat: 30.2910436 Lon: -97.3997181
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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 Texas' counties, including Bastrop, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Youngs Prairie 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. |