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A visit to the Sun Prairie Memory Garden ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Sun Prairie Memory Garden. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Sun Prairie Memory Garden (FG ID #2129066)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Sun Prairie Memory Garden ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sun Prairie Memory Garden

Lat:   43.1665°   (43° 9' 59")

Lon:   -89.2400°   (-89° 14' 23")

The Sun Prairie Memory Garden is located in Dane County<2>.

The county seat for Dane County is located in Madison. Madison lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the southwest of the Sun Prairie Memory Garden .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Sun Prairie Memory Garden.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sun Prairie Memory Garden, with the nearest first.

  • Hoepker Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hoepker Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hoepker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hoepker Cemetery is located in Dane County
  • Pierceville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pierceville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pierceville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pierceville Cemetery is located in Dane County
  • Bristol Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bristol Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bristol Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bristol Cemetery is located in Dane County
  • Windsor Congregational Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cottage Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cottage Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cottage Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Cottage Grove Cemetery is located in Dane County
  • Moravian Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moravian Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moravian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Moravian Cemetery is located in Dane County
  • Deansville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Deansville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Deansville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Deansville Cemetery is located in Dane County
  • North Windsor Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Windsor Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Windsor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The North Windsor Cemetery is located in Dane County
  • Spring Prairie - Hauge Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Blooming Grove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blooming Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blooming Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Blooming Grove Cemetery is located in Dane County
  • Spring Prairie Lutheran Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Matsen Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Matsen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Matsen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Matsen Cemetery is located in Dane County
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Roselawn Memorial Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Medina Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Dane County
    • South York Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South York Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South York Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The South York Cemetery is located in Dane County
    • York Center Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the York Center Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the York Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The York Center Cemetery is located in Dane County
    • Oak Lawn Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Lawn Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Oak Lawn Cemetery is located in Dane County
    • St. John's Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • McFarland Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McFarland Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McFarland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The McFarland Cemetery is located in Dane County
    • Liberty Prairie Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liberty Prairie Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Liberty Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Liberty Prairie Cemetery is located in Dane County
    • North York Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North York Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North York Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The North York Cemetery is located in Dane County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Sun Prairie Memory Garden.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sun Prairie Memory Garden, with the nearest first.

  • Sun Prairie
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
    • Sun Prairie is located in Dane County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,119 people
  • Burke
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Pierceville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Cottage Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Darwin ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Windsor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mendota
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Maple Bluff
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Bluff
    • Maple Bluff is located in Dane County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,307 people
  • North Bristol
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • DeForest
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Marshall
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • East Bristol
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Monona
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monona have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monona
      • Monona is located in Dane County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,164 people
    • Door Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Morrisonville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Keyeser
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Madison
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • McFarland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McFarland have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
      • McFarland is located in Dane County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,291 people
    • Waunakee
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waunakee have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waunakee
      • Waunakee is located in Dane County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,188 people
    • Deerfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Shorewood Hills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shorewood Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Hills
      • Shorewood Hills is located in Dane County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,999 people
    • Pilgrim Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pilgrim Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Village
      • Pilgrim Village is located in Dane County
    • North Leeds
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Waterloo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waterloo have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
      • Waterloo is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,322 people
    • Syene ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Arlington
      (13 miles [20.9 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 Sun Prairie Memory Garden. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Dane County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sun Prairie Memory Garden.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Sun Prairie Memory Garden:

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 Sun Prairie Memory Garden:

The official website for Dane County: www.co.dane.wi.us/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/

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 Wisconsin's counties, including Dane, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Sun Prairie Memory Garden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1665, Longitude: -89.2400    
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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