A visit to the Rice Family 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 Rice Family Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rice Family Cemetery:
39.7934, -91.1249
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Rice Family Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Rice Family Cemetery is located in Adams County<2>.
The county seat for Adams County is located in Quincy. Quincy lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the northwest of the Rice Family Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 32 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Rice Family Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rice Family Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Shiloh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lock Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Lock Family Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Family Cemetery
- Franks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Cook Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Cemetery
- The Cook Cemetery has also been known as:
- Richland Cemetery
- Richland - Cook Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #107672 <5>
- Stewart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Stewart Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Cemetery
- The Stewart Cemetery has also been known as:
- Steward Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #108400 <5>
- House Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The House Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House Cemetery
- Hull Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Hull Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull Cemetery
- Potter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Klarner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Klarner Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klarner Cemetery
- Drescher Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Akers Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Long Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Long Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cemetery
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Stewart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Stewart Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Cemetery
- Kingston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Kingston Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Cemetery
- Kingston Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pearce Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Pearce Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce Cemetery
- Broady Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Brigids Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The St. Brigids Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Brigids Cemetery
- Newton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Newton Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Cemetery
- Nichols Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Payson Old Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Payson New Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Journey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Journey Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Journey Cemetery
- Kinderhook Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Kinderhook Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook Cemetery
- Mayfield Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Elmwood Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clark Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Clark Family Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Family Cemetery
- Hughes Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Williams Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Liberty Old Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Liberty Old Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Old Cemetery
- Zander Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Zander Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zander 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 Rice Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rice Family Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Plainville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Kinderhook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Adams
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Adams is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Payson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hull
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beverly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Beverly is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Barry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spencer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spencer is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Fall Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fall Creek is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
- New Canton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- New Canton is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Hadley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hadley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Burton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Shepherd
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Shepherd is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd
- Saverton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saverton is located in Ralls County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saverton
- Baylis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cave City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cave City is located in Marion County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave City
- El Dara
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kellerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kellerville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellerville
- Columbus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Columbus is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Marblehead
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Marblehead is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead
- Hannibal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- New Salem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- New Salem is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Helton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Helton is located in Marion County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
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 Rice Family Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Adams County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rice Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Barry
- Barry lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Rice Family Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Barry.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry
- Baylis
- Coatsburg
- Fowler
- Hannibal
- Hull
- Hull lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the Southwest (SW) of the Rice Family Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hull.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull
- New Canton
- Payson
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 Rice Family Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Illinois:
- Pages specific to Adams 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 Rice Family Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1720563 (Rice Family Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1720563 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: Adams
- Est. Elev: 189 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Richfield
- Location given for Rice Family Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.79338 Lon: -91.1248612
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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 Illinois' counties, including Adams, 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- Rice Family 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. |
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