A visit to the Old Ridgeville 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 Old Ridgeville Cemetery ...
The Old Ridgeville Cemetery is located in Schuyler County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Astoria Cemetery
- The Astoria Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria Cemetery
- Bader Cemetery
- The Bader Cemetery is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bader Cemetery
- Bates Cemetery
- The Bates Cemetery is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bates Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northeast of Browning.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #104651 <3>
- Bellomy Cemetery
- The Bellomy Cemetery is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellomy Cemetery
- Bluff City Cemetery
- The Bluff City Cemetery is located in Schuyler County
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- Boling Cemetery
- The Boling Cemetery is located in Schuyler County
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- Browning Cemetery
- The Browning Cemetery is located in Schuyler County
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- Burress Cemetery
- The Burress Cemetery is located in Schuyler County
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- Christian Neck Cemetery
- Davis Cemetery
- The Davis Cemetery is located in Schuyler County
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- Eads Cemetery
- The Eads Cemetery is located in Schuyler County
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- Edgar Cemetery
- The Edgar Cemetery is located in Schuyler County
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- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Good Hope Cemetery
- The Good Hope Cemetery is located in Schuyler County
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- Gorsuch Cemetery
- The Gorsuch Cemetery is located in Schuyler County
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- Harris Cemetery
- The Harris Cemetery is located in Schuyler County
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- Jones Cemetery
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Schuyler County
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- Messerer Cemetery
- The Messerer Cemetery is located in Schuyler County
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- Milby Cemetery
- The Milby Cemetery is located in Schuyler County
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- Milby Cemetery
- The Milby Cemetery is located in Schuyler County
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- Oak Grove Cemetery
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Fulton County
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- Old Order Baptist Brethren Cemetery
- Pittenger Cemetery
- The Pittenger Cemetery is located in Schuyler County
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- South Fulton Cemetery
- The South Fulton Cemetery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fulton Cemetery
- Tracy Cemetery
- The Tracy Cemetery is located in Schuyler County
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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]<2> of the Old Ridgeville Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Astoria
- Bader
- Bader is located in Schuyler County
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- Bath
- Beardstown
- Bluff City
- Bluff City is located in Schuyler County
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- Bluff Springs
- Browning
- Chandlerville
- Cooperstown
- Cooperstown is located in Brown County
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- Doddsville
- Doddsville is located in McDonough County
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- Frederick
- Hagener
- Hagener is located in Cass County
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- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Industry
- Ipava
- Jules
- Jules is located in Cass County
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- Littleton
- Marbletown
- Marbletown is located in Fulton County
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- Oak Grove
- Oak Grove is located in Cass County
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- Ripley
- Ripley is located in Brown County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Rushville
- Snicarte
- Snicarte is located in Mason County
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- Summum
- Summum is located in Fulton County
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- Table Grove
- Vermont
- Wayland
- Wayland is located in Schuyler County
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- White City
- White City is located in Mason County
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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 Old Ridgeville Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Schuyler County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Old Ridgeville Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Astoria
- Beardstown
- Chandlerville
- Industry
- Ipava
- Rushville
- Table Grove
- Vermont
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Old Ridgeville Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Schuyler 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 Old Ridgeville Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1720710 (Old Ridgeville Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1720710 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: Schuyler
- Est. Elev: 201 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Ray
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Schuyler, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Old Ridgeville Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
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