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A visit to the Ratcliff 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 Ratcliff Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Ratcliff Cemetery (FG ID #2551789)

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 Ratcliff Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Ratcliff Cemetery has been estimated.<2>

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

Lat:   38.3288°   (38° 19' 43")

Lon:   -82.9522°   (-82° 57' 7")

The Ratcliff Cemetery is located in Carter County<3>.

The county seat for Carter County is located in Grayson. Grayson lies just to the east northeast of the Ratcliff Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<4> of the Ratcliff Cemetery.<5>

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

  • Meadows Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meadows Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meadows Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Meadows Cemetery is located in Carter County
  • Seaton Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seaton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seaton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Seaton Cemetery is located in Carter County
  • Vincent Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vincent Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vincent Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Vincent Cemetery is located in Carter County
  • Boggs Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boggs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boggs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Boggs Cemetery is located in Carter County
  • Damron Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Damron Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Damron Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Damron Cemetery is located in Carter County
  • Blankenship Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blankenship Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blankenship Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Blankenship Cemetery is located in Carter County
  • Keffer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Keffer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Keffer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Keffer Cemetery is located in Carter County
  • Carter County Memorial Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carter County Memorial Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carter County Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Carter County Memorial Gardens is located in Carter County
  • Carter Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carter Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Carter Cemetery is located in Carter County
  • Goebel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goebel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goebel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Goebel Cemetery is located in Carter County
  • Everman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Everman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Everman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Everman Cemetery is located in Carter County
  • Wilson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Wilson Cemetery is located in Carter County
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Burton Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Burton Cemetery is located in Carter County
    • Burton Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Burton Cemetery is located in Carter County
    • Hannah Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hannah Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hannah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hannah Cemetery is located in Carter County
    • Anglin Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Anglin Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Anglin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Anglin Cemetery is located in Carter County
    • Floyd Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Floyd Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Floyd Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Floyd Cemetery is located in Greenup County
    • Colley Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Colley Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Colley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Colley Cemetery is located in Carter County
    • Walker Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walker Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Walker Cemetery is located in Carter County
    • Edison Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edison Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edison Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Edison Cemetery is located in Carter County
    • Bolding Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bolding Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bolding Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bolding Cemetery is located in Carter County
    • Easterling Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Easterling Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Easterling Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Easterling Cemetery is located in Carter County
    • Wilson Creek Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilson Creek Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilson Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wilson Creek Cemetery is located in Carter County
    • Caraway Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Caraway Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Caraway Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Caraway Cemetery is located in Carter County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> of the Ratcliff Cemetery.

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

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 Ratcliff Cemetery. The following communities are located in Carter County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Ratcliff Cemetery:

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 Ratcliff Cemetery:

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

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>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.
<3>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Carter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Ratcliff Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3288, Longitude: -82.9522    
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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