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Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Ragen Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Ragen Cemetery

Lat:   36.9860°   (36° 59' 9")

Lon:   -85.2095°   (-85° 12' 34")

The Ragen Cemetery is located in Adair County<1>.

The county seat for Adair County is located in Columbia. Columbia lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Ragen Cemetery .

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Ragen Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Kentucky:
  • Pages specific to Adair County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Ragen Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Ragen Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Ragen Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Crocus
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crocus have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocus
      • Crocus is located in Adair County
    • Montpelier
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montpelier have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier
      • Montpelier is located in Adair County
    • Glens Fork
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens Fork
      • Glens Fork is located in Adair County
    • Cundiff
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cundiff
      • Cundiff is located in Adair County
    • Inroad
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inroad have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inroad
      • Inroad is located in Adair County
    • Joppa
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joppa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
      • Joppa is located in Adair County
    • Fairplay
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
      • Fairplay is located in Adair County
    • Ozark
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
      • Ozark is located in Adair County
    • Gadberry
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadberry
      • Gadberry is located in Adair County
    • Chance
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chance
      • Chance is located in Adair County
    • Freedom
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
      • Freedom is located in Russell County
    • Jamestown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jamestown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
      • Jamestown is located in Russell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,802 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jamestown <4>
    • Continue List   (16 more) ...
      • Middletown
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middletown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
        • Middletown is located in Russell County
      • Gentrys Mill
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gentrys Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentrys Mill
        • Gentrys Mill is located in Adair County
      • Craycraft
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Craycraft have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craycraft
        • Craycraft is located in Adair County
      • Long Bottom
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bottom
        • Long Bottom is located in Russell County
      • Russell Springs
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Garlin
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garlin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garlin
        • Garlin is located in Adair County
      • Columbia
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
        • Columbia is located in Adair County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,902 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbia <4>
      • Flatwood
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flatwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwood
        • Flatwood is located in Adair County
      • Lula ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lula. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
        • Lula is located in Russell County
      • Sano
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sano have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sano
        • Sano is located in Adair County
      • Christine
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christine
        • Christine is located in Adair County
      • Sparksville
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparksville
        • Sparksville is located in Adair County
      • Bakerton
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bakerton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerton
        • Bakerton is located in Cumberland County
      • Stokes ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stokes. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
        • Stokes is located in Russell County
      • Purdy
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Purdy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
        • Purdy is located in Adair County
      • Bliss
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bliss have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss
        • Bliss is located in Adair County

    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 Ragen Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Adair County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Ragen Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Ragen Cemetery.<6>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Ragen Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Wesley Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • The Wesley Cemetery is located in Adair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wesley Cemetery
    • Cundiff Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rippetoe Springs Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hudson Family Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • The Hudson Family Cemetery is located in Russell County
      • The Hudson Family Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Hudson Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hudson Family Cemetery
    • Earls Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Ross Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Spencer Family Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Helm Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hadleys Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Dixon Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • The Dixon Cemetery is located in Russell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dixon Cemetery
    • Mt. Pleasant Church Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • The Mt. Pleasant Church Cemetery is located in Russell County
      • The Mt. Pleasant Church Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
      • Mt. Pleasant UMC Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Church Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1973204 <7>
    • Blair Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • The Blair Cemetery is located in Russell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blair Cemetery
    • Continue List   (8 more) ...
      • Williams Cemetery
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Loy Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • The Loy Cemetery is located in Adair County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Loy Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the west of Gadberry.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Loy Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2214019 <7>
      • Loy Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • The Loy Cemetery is located in Adair County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Loy Cemetery
      • Lewis Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • The Lewis Cemetery is located in Adair County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lewis Cemetery
      • Lawless Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Phelps Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • The Phelps Cemetery is located in Russell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Phelps Cemetery
      • Murray Cemetery
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • The Murray Cemetery is located in Russell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Murray Cemetery
      • Freedom Separater Church Cemetery
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)

    For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

    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 Ragen Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #501523  (Ragen Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #501523 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
      • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Creelsboro
      • County: Adair         Elev: 305
      • Location given for GNIS #501523 (Ragen Cemetery)

    The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/

    Footnotes ...

    <1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Adair, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Ragen Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9860, Longitude: -85.2095    
    <3>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.
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
    <6>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
    <7>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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