A visit to the Searles Prairie 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 Searles Prairie Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Searles Prairie Cemetery:
44.1514, -90.0362
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Searles Prairie Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Searles Prairie Cemetery is located in Juneau County<2>.
The county seat for Juneau County is located in Mauston. Mauston lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the south of the Searles Prairie Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Searles Prairie Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 15 miles [24.1 km] of the Searles Prairie Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Searles Prairie Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Novotny Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Novotny Cemetery is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novotny Cemetery
- St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Monroe Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Strongs Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bayview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Bayview Cemetery is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bayview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Necedah.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #342321 <5>
- Greenwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- Meadow Valley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Edwardson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Edwardson Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardson Cemetery
- St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- West Arkdale Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The West Arkdale Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Arkdale Cemetery
- Babcock Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The Babcock Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babcock Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Danish Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The Danish Cemetery is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danish Cemetery
- South Arkdale Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Arkdale Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The East Arkdale Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Arkdale Cemetery
- Green Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Green Hill Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill Cemetery
- Dellwood Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Dellwood Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellwood Cemetery
- Cottonville Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Cottonville Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville Cemetery
- Spring Branch Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- Niebull Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- The Niebull Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niebull Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- Village of Port Edwards Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Searles Prairie Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Searles Prairie Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- New Miner
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- New Miner is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Miner
- Sprague
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sprague is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague
- Strongs Prairie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Strongs Prairie is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Prairie
- Necedah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Necedah is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necedah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 923 people
- New Rome ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Rome is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rome
- Arkdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arkdale is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdale
- Big Flats
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Big Flats is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Flats
- Nekoosa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nekoosa is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,391 people
- Mather
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mather is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
- Shennington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shennington is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shennington
- Friendship
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Port Edwards
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Port Edwards is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Edwards
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,752 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Adams
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Adams is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Valley Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Valley Junction is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Wyeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wyeville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Camp Douglas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Douglas is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
- New Lisbon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 people
- Quincy ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Leola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Leola is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leola
- Wisconsin Rapids
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wisconsin Rapids is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Rapids
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,555 people
- City Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- City Point is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Point
- Pittsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pittsville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
- Lake Wazeecha
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Wazeecha is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wazeecha
- Grand Rapids
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Rapids is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
- Oakdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakdale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
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 Searles Prairie Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Juneau County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Searles Prairie Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Adams
- Adams lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Searles Prairie Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Adams.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Friendship
- Necedah
- Nekoosa
- New Lisbon
- Pittsville
- Valley Junction
- Wisconsin Rapids
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 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 Searles Prairie Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Wisconsin:
- Pages specific to Juneau 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 Searles Prairie Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1573866 (Searles Prairie Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1573866 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: Juneau
- Est. Elev: 285 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: New Miner
- Location given for Searles Prairie Cemetery:
- Lat: 44.151354 Lon: -90.0362407
- 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 Wisconsin's counties, including Juneau, 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- Searles 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> | 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. |