A visit to the Rice Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Rice Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rice Cemetery:
34.8868, -87.3634
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Rice Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Rice Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County<2>.
The county seat for Lauderdale County is located in Florence. Florence lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Rice Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Rice Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Rice Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rice Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Harvey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Harvey Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey Cemetery
- Corum Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Corum Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corum Cemetery
- Barnett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Barnett Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett Cemetery
- Barnett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Barnett Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett Cemetery
- Cox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Cox Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Whitehead Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Whitehead Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehead Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1866585 <5>
- Butler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Butler Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Cemetery
- Barkley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Barkley Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Barkley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Elgin.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21402 <5>
- Belew Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Belew Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belew Cemetery
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Butler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Butler Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Cemetery
- Ingram Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Ingram Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram Cemetery
- Dean - McNairy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Thornton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Thornton Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton Cemetery
- Thornton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Thornton Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton Cemetery
- Perry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bluewater Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Bluewater Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewater Cemetery
- Crow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Crow Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Cemetery
- Old Tanyard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Old Tanyard Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tanyard Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Butler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Butler Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Cemetery
- Oliver - Bedingfield Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McCartney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The McCartney Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCartney Cemetery
- Hammond Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Hammond Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond Cemetery
- Harmon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Harmon Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmon Cemetery
- Shelton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Shelton Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Rice Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rice Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Elgin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elgin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Corum ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Corum is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corum
- Cedar Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Comer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Comer is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Belleview ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Belleview is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Rogersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
- Former name for Rogersville:
- Rodgersville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <6>
- Lexington
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Beach Grove ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beach Grove is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Grove
- Wheeler Dam Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wheeler Dam Village is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Dam Village
- Estep ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Estep is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estep
- Anderson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Arkdell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arkdell is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdell
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Confluence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Confluence is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Slabtown ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Slabtown is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Red Bank
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Red Bank is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Belew ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Belew is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belew
- Atlas ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Atlas is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Killen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rascal Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rascal Town is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rascal Town
- Bethel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Dells Vista Shores
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dells Vista Shores is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dells Vista Shores
- Green Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Green Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Ford City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ford City is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford City
- Appleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Appleton is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Arnot
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Arnot is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnot
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Rice Cemetery. The following communities are located in Lauderdale County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rice Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Rice Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Lauderdale County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Rice Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #125592 (Rice Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #125592 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Lauderdale
- Est. Elev: 220 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Lexington
- Location given for Rice Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.8867521 Lon: -87.3633542
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Lauderdale, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rice Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |