About Prairie Street Cemetery
Prairie Street Cemetery is a cemetery near Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana. It lies about 2.0 mi northwest of Elkhart. The grounds sit at about 764 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including John Howard Yoder, Clarence C. Moore and Erland Waltner. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 441560. The nearest other listed cemetery is Grace Lawn Cemetery, about 1.9 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hartzler-Gutermuth-Inman Funeral in Elkhart, about 2.0 mi away. It is one of 56 cemeteries we list in Elkhart County, and 41 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Elkhart County dates to 1846.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Elkhart. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Prairie Street Cemetery
Among them: 1 inventor or engineer, 1 writer.
- John Howard Yoder1927-1997American theologian and academic
- Clarence C. Moore1904-1979American engineer
- Erland Waltner1914-2009
People whose Wikidata entry gives Prairie Street Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
41.65616, -85.96111
What Prairie Street Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Grace Lawn CemeteryElkhart, INCemetery1.9 mi
- Rice CemeteryElkhart, INCemetery2.2 mi
- Rowe CemeteryDunlap, INCemetery2.2 mi
- Saint Vincent Depaul CemeteryElkhart, INChristian cemetery2.5 mi
- McConnaughy CemeteryDunlap, IN · est. 1846Cemetery3.2 mi
- Elkhart County Home CemeteryDunlap, IN · est. 1887Cemetery3.3 mi
- Burkett CemeteryDunlap, INCemetery3.5 mi
- Noffsinger CemeteryOsceola, INCemetery4.3 mi
- California Road Church CemeteryElkhart, INChurch cemetery4.7 mi
- Wenger CemeteryDunlap, INCemetery4.8 mi
Funeral homes near Prairie Street Cemetery
- Always in Stone Monument Co.1.2 miMonument dealer · Elkhart · (574) 295-3115
- Hartzler-Gutermuth-Inman Funeral2.0 miFuneral home · Elkhart · (574) 295-1230
- Elkhart Cremation Services2.2 miCremation provider · Elkhart · (574) 389-8828
- Walley Mills Zimmerman Funeral Home2.4 miFuneral home · Elkhart · (574) 295-2323
- Funeral Home2.4 miFuneral home · Elkhart
- Billings Funeral Home and Cremation Services2.9 miFuneral home · Elkhart · (574) 264-2425
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