A visit to the Pleasant 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. 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 Pleasant Ridge Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery:
38.7174, -96.0741
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Pleasant Ridge Cemetery is located in Lyon County<2>.
The county seat for Lyon County is located in Emporia. Emporia lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 15 miles [24.1 km] of the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Admire Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Admire Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admire Cemetery
- Wilmington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Wilmington Cemetery is located in Wabaunsee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington Cemetery
- Allen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Allen Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Cemetery
- Ivy Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Ivy Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Cemetery
- Eskridge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Eskridge Cemetery is located in Wabaunsee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskridge Cemetery
- Rapp Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Rapp Cemetery is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapp Cemetery
- Bushong Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Bushong Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushong Cemetery
- Agnes City Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Agnes City Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes City Cemetery
- Phillips Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The Phillips Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Cemetery
- Kaeckell Family Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Kaeckell Family Cemetery is located in Wabaunsee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaeckell Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Kaeckell Family Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the west of Eskridge.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2275038 <5>
- Chalk Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Sunnyside Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Frost Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Frost Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost Cemetery
- Rosean Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- The Rosean Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosean Cemetery
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Calvary Cemetery is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Calvary Cemetery
- Osage City Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- The Osage City Cemetery is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Burlingame City Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Prairie Center Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Prairie Center Cemetery is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Center Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Prairie Center Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the north of Burlingame.
- The Prairie Center Cemetery has also been known as:
- Prairie City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1740047 <5>
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Calvary Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Calvary Cemetery
- Reading Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barclay Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Barclay Cemetery is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 19 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Admire
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Allen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Allen is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
- Wilmington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wilmington is located in Wabaunsee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Miller
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Miller is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Harveyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harveyville is located in Wabaunsee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Agnes City ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Agnes City is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes City
- Eskridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Eskridge is located in Wabaunsee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
- Bushong
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bushong is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
- Burlingame
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Burlingame is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlingame
- Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
- Former name for Burlingame:
- American Settlement
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burlingame <6>
- Barclay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barclay is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Osage City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Peterton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Peterton is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterton
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Reading
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Americus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lang
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lang is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lang
- Lang has also been known as:
- Hortonville
- Dunlap
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Dunlap is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
- Scranton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Dover
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,203 people
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 Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lyon County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Pleasant Ridge Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Admire
- Allen
- Allen lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the Southwest (SW) of the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Allen.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Burlingame
- Bushong
- Carbondale
- Council Grove
- Dunlap
- Emporia
- Eskridge
- Lyndon
- Lyndon lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lyndon.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon
- Osage City
- Reading
- Scranton
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 professional and volunteer 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 Pleasant Ridge Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kansas:
- Pages specific to Lyon 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 Pleasant Ridge Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #477044 (Pleasant Ridge Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #477044 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: Lyon
- Est. Elev: 387 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Admire
- Location given for Pleasant Ridge Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.7175069 Lon: -96.0744371
- 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 Kansas' counties, including Lyon, 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' (or 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- Pleasant Ridge 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. |