A visit to the Portia 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 Portia Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Portia Cemetery:
36.0767, -91.0732
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Portia Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Portia Cemetery is located in Lawrence County<2>.
The county seat for Lawrence County is located in Walnut Ridge. Walnut Ridge lies just to the east of the Portia Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Portia Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Portia Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Portia Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Crossroad Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Crossroad Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroad Cemetery
- Oak Forest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Oak Forest Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest Cemetery
- Powhatan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Powhatan Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhatan Cemetery
- Lauderdale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Lauderdale Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauderdale Cemetery
- Colberk Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Colberk Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colberk Cemetery
- Kissee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Kissee Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kissee Cemetery
- Lawson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Lawson Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson Cemetery
- Arbor Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Arbor Grove Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor Grove Cemetery
- Austin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Austin Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Cemetery
- Westphal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Westphal Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphal Cemetery
- Adams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Adams Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Cemetery
- Jenkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Jenkins Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Phillips Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Phillips Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Cemetery
- Clover Bend Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Clover Bend Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Bend Cemetery
- Whitlow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Whitlow Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitlow Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Lawrence Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Lawrence Memorial Park is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence Memorial Park
- Lester Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Lester Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Cemetery
- Scott Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Scott Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Cemetery
- Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Scott Cemetery (located 82 miles to the north).
- Phillips - Reeves Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Phillips - Reeves Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips - Reeves Cemetery
- The Phillips - Reeves Cemetery has also been known as:
- Phillips Cemetery
- Reeves Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #55898 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Portia Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Portia Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Portia
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Black Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Powhatan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hoxie
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Walnut Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Minturn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Minturn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minturn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- College City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- College City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College City
- Estimated population in 2016: 506 people
- Manson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Manson is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Imboden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Annieville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Annieville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annieville
- Lynn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Birdell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Birdell is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdell
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Eleven
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Eleven is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleven
- Alicia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Alicia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Smithville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Smithville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Sedgwick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Skaggs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Skaggs is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaggs
- Pocahontas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pocahontas is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,371 people
- Former names for Pocahontas:
- Bettis Bluff
- Betts Bluff
- Pokakhontas
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pocahontas <6>
- Ravenden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Strawberry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Strawberry is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- O'Kean
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- O'Kean is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Kean
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Serene
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Serene is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serene
- Water Valley ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Water Valley is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Saffell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saffell is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saffell
- Egypt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
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 Portia Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lawrence County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Portia Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Imboden
- Pocahontas
- Portia
- Powhatan
- Ravenden
- Walnut Ridge
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 helpful 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 Portia Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Arkansas:
- Pages specific to Lawrence 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 Portia Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #53705 (Portia Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #53705 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: Lawrence
- Est. Elev: 79 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Black Rock
- Location given for Portia Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.0767371 Lon: -91.0731796
- 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 Arkansas' counties, including Lawrence, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Portia 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. |