About Prairie Gem Cemetery
Prairie Gem Cemetery is a cemetery near Aurora, Hamilton County, Nebraska. It lies about 5.0 mi north of Aurora. The grounds sit at about 1,785 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 832361. The nearest other listed cemetery is Seaton Cemetery, about 4.0 mi to the southwest. The nearest mortuary we know of is Higby-Mc Quiston Mortuary Inc in Aurora, about 5.1 mi away. It is one of 26 cemeteries we list in Hamilton County, and 15 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Aurora. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.79934, -98.03635
What Prairie Gem 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
- Seaton CemeteryAurora, NECemetery4.0 mi
- Franklin CemeteryAurora, NECemetery4.3 mi
- Saint Josephs CemeteryAurora, NECemetery5.7 mi
- Giltner CemeteryAurora, NECemetery5.8 mi
- Aurora CemeteryAurora, NECemetery6.2 mi
- Salem CemeteryAurora, NECemetery6.2 mi
- Lerton CemeteryAurora, NECemetery6.3 mi
- Norwegian CemeteryAurora, NECemetery6.9 mi
- Stockham CemeterySutton, NECemetery7.8 mi
- Greenwood CemeteryGrand Island, NECemetery8.1 mi
Funeral homes near Prairie Gem Cemetery
- Higby-Mc Quiston Mortuary Inc5.1 miMortuary · Aurora · (402) 694-2199
- Apfel Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Harvard · (402) 772-3181
- Sutton Memorial Chapel17 miFuneral chapel · Sutton · (402) 773-4100
- All Faiths Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Grand Island · (308) 398-2929
- Curran Funeral Chapel17 miFuneral chapel · Grand Island · (308) 384-8862
- Apfel Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Grand Island · (308) 384-0590
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