A visit to the Ray 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 Ray Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Ray Cemetery:
36.0820, -90.8368
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Ray Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Ray Cemetery is located in Lawrence County<2>.
The county seat for Lawrence County is located in Walnut Ridge. Walnut Ridge lies just to the west of the Ray Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Ray Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 29 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Ray Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Ray Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Jenkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Jenkins Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Cemetery
- Frye Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Frye Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frye Cemetery
- Fender Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Fender Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fender Cemetery
- Old Military Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Old Military Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Military Cemetery
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Cemetery
- Snow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Snow Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Snow Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the north of Walnut Ridge.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56341 <5>
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Walnut Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Walnut Ridge Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Ridge Cemetery
- Whittaker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Whittaker Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittaker Cemetery
- Duty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Duty Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duty Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Duty Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the north of Walnut Ridge.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #53753 <5>
- Pierce Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Pierce Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Cemetery
- Lawrence Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Lawrence Memorial Park is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence Memorial Park
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- Manning Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Manning Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning Cemetery
- Manning Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Manning Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning Cemetery
- Ford Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Ford Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Cemetery
- Austin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Austin Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Cemetery
- Lorado Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Lorado Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorado Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Liberty Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the southeast of Pocahontas.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #54753 <5>
- Sharum Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Sharum Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharum Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sharum Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the southeast of Pocahontas.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56235 <5>
- Jones Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Watkins Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Watkins Cemetery is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Watkins Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Manson.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56724 <5>
- Adams Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Adams Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Cemetery
- Westphal Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Westphal Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westphal Cemetery
- Kissee Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Kissee Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kissee Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Old Trinity Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Old Trinity Cemetery is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Trinity Cemetery
- Crossroads Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion 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 Ray Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Ray Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Light
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Light is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
- O'Kean
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- O'Kean is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Kean
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- College City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- College City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College City
- Estimated population in 2016: 506 people
- Walnut Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sedgwick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hoxie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Walcott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Walcott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Serene
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Serene is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serene
- Manson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Manson is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Skaggs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Skaggs is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaggs
- Delaplaine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Delaplaine is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaplaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Minturn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Minturn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minturn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bono
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Finch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Finch is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Crowley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Crowley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley
- Pine Knot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pine Knot is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knot
- Beech Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
- Portia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pocahontas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Egypt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Philadelphia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Philadelphia is located in Craighead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Black Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Powhatan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Peru
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Peru is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Peach Orchard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peach Orchard is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
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 Ray 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 Ray Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Pocahontas
- Portia
- Powhatan
- 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 professional and volunteer 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 Ray 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 Ray Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #53920 (Ray Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #53920 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: Walnut Ridge SE
- Location given for Ray Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.0820139 Lon: -90.8367833
- 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Ray 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. |