Prairie Home Cemetery
Prairie Home Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Moorhead, Minnesota. The cemetery was founded in 1875 by the Rev. Oscar Elmer, a Presbyterian minister who was the first ordained member of Christian clergy in Fargo–Moorhead.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Comstock House and Rourke Art Museum.
Comstock House
Museum
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The Comstock House is a historic house museum in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States. It was built for Solomon Comstock and his family from 1882 to 1883 in a mix of Queen Anne and Eastlake style. Comstock House is situated 1,200 feet north of Prairie Home Cemetery.
Rourke Art Museum
Museum
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The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum is a fine arts museum in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States, founded by James O'Rourke. The art museum can be found at 521 Main Avenue in a historic Federal Courthouse and Post Office, erected in 1915. Rourke Art Museum is situated 3,000 feet north of Prairie Home Cemetery.
Hjemkomst Center
Museum
The Hjemkomst Center, is a multi-use facility in Moorhead, Minnesota. Hjemkomst Center first opened in 1985 and serves as a home to Hjemkomst Viking Ship, Hopperstad Stave Church replica, quarterly museum exhibits, and county archives. Hjemkomst Center is situated 1 mile northwest of Prairie Home Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moorhead and Fargo.
Moorhead
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Moorhead is a city in Minnesota of about 35,000. Moorhead is sometimes referred to as the "twin city" of the larger Fargo, North Dakota, its neighbor across the Red River in North Dakota.
Fargo
Fargo is a charming western city of just over 100,000 in the Red River Valley of North Dakota. As the biggest city for more than 200 miles in any direction, it's a cultural hub for the region, and its lively, walkable downtown is full of old-fashioned architecture and friendly cafes.
Dilworth
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Dilworth is in Minnesota. It began as a somewhat industrial railroad town, and has developed into a quaint small suburb to the east of Moorhead, MN and Fargo, ND.
Prairie Home Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Moorhead, Minnesota, USA
- Category: burial
- Location: City of Moorhead, Clay, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
46.86579° or 46° 51′ 57″ northLongitude
-96.7671° or 96° 46′ 2″ westElevation
906 feet (276 metres)Open location code
86R5V68M+85OpenStreetMap ID
way 118143847OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
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