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.

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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

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The Hjemkomst Center is a multi-use facility in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States. 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

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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″ north

Longitude

-96.7671° or 96° 46′ 2″ west

Elevation

906 feet (276 metres)

Open location code

86R5V68M+85

OpenStreetMap ID

way 118143847

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

GeoNames ID

5042239

Wikidata ID

Q7237903

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