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A visit to the Walnut Ridge Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Walnut Ridge Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Walnut Ridge Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Walnut Ridge Cemetery

Lat:   36.0590°   (36° 3' 32")

Lon:   -90.9448°   (-90° 56' 41")

The Walnut Ridge Cemetery is located in Lawrence County<2>.

The county seat for Lawrence County is located in Walnut Ridge. Walnut Ridge lies just to the northwest of the Walnut Ridge Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Walnut Ridge Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Walnut Ridge Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Lawrence Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lawrence Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lawrence Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lawrence Memorial Park is located in Lawrence County
  • Whittaker Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whittaker Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whittaker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Whittaker Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
  • Pierce Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pierce Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pierce Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pierce Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
  • Austin Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Austin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Austin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Austin Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
  • Westphal Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westphal Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westphal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Westphal Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
  • Kissee Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kissee Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kissee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Kissee Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
  • Adams Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Adams Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Adams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Adams Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
  • Manning Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Manning Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Manning Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Manning Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
  • Manning Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Manning Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Manning Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Manning Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
  • Jenkins Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jenkins Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jenkins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Jenkins Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
  • Watkins Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Watkins Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Watkins Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • The Watkins Cemetery is located in Randolph County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Watkins Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Manson.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56724 <6>
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    • Lester Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lester Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lester Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lester Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
    • Crossroad Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crossroad Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crossroad Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Crossroad Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
    • Arbor Grove Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arbor Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arbor Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Arbor Grove Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
    • Whitlow Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitlow Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitlow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Whitlow Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
    • Miller Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miller Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miller Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Miller Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
    • Brown Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Brown Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
    • Old Military Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Military Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Military Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Old Military Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
    • Ray Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ray Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ray Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Ray Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
    • Frye Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Frye Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Frye Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Frye Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
    • Snow Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Snow Cemetery
      • The Snow Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Snow Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the south of Walnut Ridge.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56341 <6>
    • Duty Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Duty Cemetery
      • The Duty Cemetery is located in Randolph County
      • 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 south of Walnut Ridge.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #53753 <6>

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Walnut Ridge Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Walnut Ridge Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Walnut Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Hoxie
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoxie
    • Hoxie is located in Lawrence County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,579 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoxie <7>
  • College City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for College City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College City
    • College City is located in Lawrence County
    • Estimated population in 2016: 506 people
  • Minturn
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minturn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minturn
    • Minturn is located in Lawrence County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
  • Sedgwick
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Portia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Portia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portia
    • Portia is located in Lawrence County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portia <7>
  • Black Rock
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
    • Black Rock is located in Lawrence County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 590 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Black Rock <7>
  • Powhatan
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powhatan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhatan
    • Powhatan is located in Lawrence County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Powhatan <7>
  • O'Kean
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Kean
    • O'Kean is located in Randolph County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
  • Light
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Light have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
    • Light is located in Greene County
  • Serene
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Serene. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serene
    • Serene is located in Randolph County
  • Skaggs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Skaggs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaggs
    • Skaggs is located in Randolph County
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Alicia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia
      • Alicia is located in Lawrence County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
    • Egypt
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Egypt have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
      • Egypt is located in Craighead County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Egypt <7>
    • Bono
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bono have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
      • Bono is located in Craighead County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,595 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bono <7>
    • Birdell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Birdell. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdell
      • Birdell is located in Randolph County
    • Pocahontas
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
      • Pocahontas is located in Randolph County
      • 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 <7>
    • Walcott
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
      • Walcott is located in Greene County
    • Eleven
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eleven. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleven
      • Eleven is located in Randolph County
    • Imboden
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Imboden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imboden
      • Imboden is located in Lawrence County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 617 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Imboden <7>
    • Lynn
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
      • Lynn is located in Lawrence County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynn <7>
    • Cash
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cash have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
      • Cash is located in Craighead County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
    • Delaplaine
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delaplaine have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaplaine
      • Delaplaine is located in Greene County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
    • Annieville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Annieville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annieville
      • Annieville is located in Lawrence County

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 Walnut Ridge 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 Walnut Ridge Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Walnut Ridge Cemetery:

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 Walnut Ridge Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #56019  (Walnut Ridge Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #56019 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Walnut Ridge
    • County: Lawrence         Elev: 80
    • Location given for GNIS #56019 (Walnut Ridge Cemetery)

The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Walnut Ridge Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0590, Longitude: -90.9448       In this case, the coordinates for the Walnut Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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