A visit to the Raysville Christian Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Raysville Christian Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Raysville Christian Cemetery (FG ID #2239273).
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 Raysville Christian Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Raysville Christian Cemetery:
39.7973, -85.5047
The Raysville Christian Cemetery is located in Henry County<2>.
The county seat for Henry County is located in New Castle. New Castle lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the northeast of the Raysville Christian Cemetery .
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Establishment of the Raysville Christian Cemetery ...
The Raysville Christian Cemetery was established in 1833.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Raysville Christian Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Raysville Christian Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Glencove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Bell Cemetery is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Cemetery
- Reddick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Reddick Cemetery is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reddick Cemetery
- Carthage Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Carthage Cemetery is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage Cemetery
- Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Center Cemetery is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Sixmile Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Sixmile Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- Hickside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Hickside Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickside Cemetery
- Mason Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Mason Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Cemetery
- Gilboa Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Gilboa Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa Cemetery
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- McCray Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The McCray Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCray Cemetery
- Ball Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Ball Cemetery is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Cemetery
- Raleigh Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- Reeves Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Reeves Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeves Cemetery
- Simmons Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Simmons Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Cemetery
- Elliott Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Elliott Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Cemetery
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]<3> of the Raysville Christian Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Raysville Christian Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Ogden
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Knightstown
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dunreith
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Spiceland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carthage
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mays
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mays is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays
- Grant City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Charlottesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Charlottesville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlottesville
- Greensboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Greensboro is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Shirley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shirley is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 906 people
- Kennard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kennard is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
- Henderson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Raleigh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wilkinson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cadiz
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Warrington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Warsaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Arlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Gings
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Straughn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- New Castle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gwynneville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Falmouth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Falmouth is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Corwin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Raysville Christian Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Henry County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Raysville Christian Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Carthage
- Dunreith
- Kennard
- Knightstown
- Lewisville
- New Castle
- Shirley
- Spiceland
- Warsaw
- Warsaw lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the Raysville Christian Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Warsaw.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
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 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 Raysville Christian Cemetery:
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- Pages specific to Henry 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 Raysville Christian Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2239273
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Henry, 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- Raysville Christian 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |