A visit to the Riley 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 Riley Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Riley Cemetery (FG ID #93493).
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 Riley Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Riley Cemetery:
39.2881, -96.8131
The Riley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Riley.
The cemetery is located in Riley County<2>.
The county seat for Riley County is located in Manhattan. Manhattan lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Riley Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Riley 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 Riley Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Riley Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mill Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leonardville United Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Leonardville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bala Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hohman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walsburg Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Shanks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Shanks Cemetery is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanks Cemetery
- Sedalia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Milford Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Barry Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Barry Cemetery is located in Geary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry Cemetery
- Branscom Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Branscom Cemetery is located in Geary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branscom Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Crooked Creek Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lasita Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Timber Creek Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vinton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Vinton Cemetery is located in Geary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton Cemetery
- Thierer Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carnahan - Garrison Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- Highland Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Highland Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
- Eureka Valley Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Houston Family Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Riley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Riley Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Riley
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Leonardville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Keats
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Walsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bala
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Milford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Randolph
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lasita ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lasita is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasita
- Wakefield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ogden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka Lake is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Lake
- Manhattan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Winkler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Broughton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Olsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Green
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Alida
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- May Day
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ashland ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Ashland has also been known as:
- Ashland Bottoms
- Fairmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Upland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Junction City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Grandview Plaza
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Grandview Plaza is located in Geary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview Plaza
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,553 people
- Clay Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
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 Riley Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Riley County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Riley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bala
- Bala lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Riley Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Bala.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bala
- Clay Center
- Green
- Junction City
- Leonardville
- Manhattan
- Milford
- Ogden
- Ogden lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Riley Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ogden.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Olsburg
- Randolph
- Riley
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Riley Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kansas:
- Pages specific to Riley 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 Riley Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #93493
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #476208 (Riley Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #476208 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: Riley
- Est. Elev: 403 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Riley
- Location given for Riley Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.2883296 Lon: -96.8127874
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Kansas' counties, including Riley, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Riley 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. |