About Elkhart Prairie Cemetery
Elkhart Prairie Cemetery is a cemetery near Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana. It lies about 2.6 mi northwest of Goshen. The grounds sit at about 814 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Harold S. Bender. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 434080. The nearest other listed cemetery is Dierdorff Cemetery, about 1.3 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Yoder-Culp Funeral Home in Goshen, about 1.3 mi away. It is one of 56 cemeteries we list in Elkhart County, and 42 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, Goshen. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Elkhart Prairie Cemetery
Among them: 1 writer.
- Harold S. Bender1897-1962American writer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Elkhart Prairie 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
41.55144, -85.80694
What Elkhart Prairie 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
- Dierdorff CemeteryGoshen, INCemetery1.3 mi
- Violett CemeteryGoshen, INCemetery1.4 mi
- Sparklin CemeteryNew Paris, INCemetery1.7 mi
- Hess CemeteryGoshen, INCemetery2.2 mi
- Baintertown CemeteryNew Paris, INCemetery2.2 mi
- Cripe CemeteryGoshen, INCemetery2.4 mi
- West Goshen CemeteryGoshen, INCemetery2.9 mi
- Jackson CemeteryNew Paris, INCemetery3.1 mi
- Oakridge CemeteryGoshen, INCemetery3.6 mi
- New Paris CemeteryNew Paris, INCemetery3.7 mi
Funeral homes near Elkhart Prairie Cemetery
- Yoder-Culp Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Goshen · (574) 533-3153
- Rieth-Rohrer-Ehret Funeral Home2.6 miFuneral home · Goshen · (574) 533-9547
- Rieth Rohrer Ehret Lienhart Funeral Home4.4 miFuneral home · Goshen · (574) 862-2235
- Miller-Stewart Funeral Home8.2 miFuneral home · Middlebury · (574) 825-2930
- Titus Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Owen Chapel10 miFuneral home · Syracuse · (574) 457-4002
- Rieth Rohrer Ehret Lienhart Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Wakarusa · (574) 862-2235
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