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A visit to the Rain 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 Rain Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rain Cemetery:

30.3614, -81.4826

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

The Rain Cemetery is located in Duval County<2>.

The county seat for Duval County is located in Jacksonville. Jacksonville lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the west of the Rain Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Rain Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Rain Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Tillotson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • The Tillotson Cemetery is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillotson Cemetery
  • Cosmo Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • The Cosmo Cemetery is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosmo Cemetery
  • Gilmore Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • The Gilmore Cemetery is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore Cemetery
  • Chapel Hill Memory Garden
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Pablo Mayport Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • The Pablo Mayport Cemetery is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pablo Mayport Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pablo Mayport Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the south of Mayport.
    • The Pablo Mayport Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Mayport Cemetery
    • Pablo Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72234 <5>
  • Parsons Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • The Parsons Cemetery is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons Cemetery
  • Anderson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • The Anderson Cemetery is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Cemetery
  • Arlington Community Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Arlington Park Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • The Arlington Park Cemetery is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Park Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Arlington Park Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Arlington.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #71737 <5>
  • Warren Smith Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • The Warren Smith Cemetery is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Smith Cemetery
  • Talbot Island Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Sammis Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • The Sammis Cemetery is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammis Cemetery
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Dunn Creek Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • The Dunn Creek Cemetery is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Creek Cemetery
    • Chapel Hills Memory Gardens
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • The Evergreen Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
      • The Evergreen Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Temple Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #71953 <5>
    • Greenlawn Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Ferreira Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • The Ferreira Cemetery is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferreira Cemetery
    • City Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • The City Cemetery is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Cemetery
    • Pickett Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • The Pickett Cemetery is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett Cemetery
    • Oaklawn Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Oaklawn Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • The Oaklawn Cemetery is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn Cemetery

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]<3> of the Rain Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rain Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Greenfield
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Greenfield is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
  • Mayport
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mayport is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayport
  • Sans Pareil
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Sans Pareil is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Pareil
  • San Pablo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • San Pablo is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pablo
  • Atlantic Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Arlington
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Arlington is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
  • Neptune Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jacksonville Beach
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jacksonville Beach is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Beach
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,609 people
    • Former names for Jacksonville Beach:
    • Pablo Beach
    • Ruby
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jacksonville Beach <6>
  • Polly Town
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Polly Town is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polly Town
  • Saint Nicholas
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Nicholas is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Nicholas
  • Talleyrand
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Talleyrand is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talleyrand
  • San Marco
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • San Marco is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Marco
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Bowden
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Bowden is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowden
    • Ponte Vedra Beach
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Brooklyn
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Brooklyn is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
    • Ponte Vedra
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Ponte Vedra is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponte Vedra
    • Jacksonville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Palm Valley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Palm Valley is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Valley
    • Sawgrass
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Sawgrass is located in Saint Johns County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawgrass
    • Magnolia Gardens
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Magnolia Gardens is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Gardens
    • Garden City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Garden City is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
    • Biscayne Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Biscayne Village is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biscayne Village
    • Loretto
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Loretto is located in Duval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
    • Amelia City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Amelia City is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia City

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 Rain Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Duval County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rain 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 Rain Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Florida:
  • Pages specific to Duval 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 Rain Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #289440  (Rain Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #289440 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: Duval
      • Est. Elev: 9 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Jacksonville Beach
      • Location given for Rain Cemetery:
      • Lat: 30.3613512     Lon: -81.4825884
      • 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 Florida's counties, including Duval, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rain 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.