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Birk Prairie Cemetery

Also known as Elder Cemetery

Edwards County, Illinois, USA

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Get directions Edwards County, Illinois, USA

Coordinates: 38.29560, -88.10030
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Birk's Prairie was named for Jeremiah Birk, an early settler on the prairie. Therefore the church (now gone) and cemetery are

referred to as Birk's Prairie Cemetery. In it's early history the cemetery was referred to as the Elder Cemetery. The church located

near the cemetery was Primitive Baptist.

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