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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 #2445818)

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:   38.2146°   (38° 12' 52")

Lon:   -82.8713°   (-82° 52' 16")

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

The county seat for Carter County is located in Grayson. Grayson lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> to the north northwest 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] of the Ratcliff Cemetery.<5>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 30 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.

  • Jeriel
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jeriel. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeriel
    • Jeriel is located in Carter County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Jeriel
    • From the Ratcliff Cemetery to Jeriel
  • Willard
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Willard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
    • Willard is located in Carter County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Willard
    • From the Ratcliff Cemetery to Willard
  • Webbville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Mount Savage
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Denton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Denton have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
    • Denton is located in Carter County
  • Beetle
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beetle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beetle
    • Beetle is located in Carter County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Beetle
    • From the Ratcliff Cemetery to Beetle
  • Brammer Gap
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Glenwood ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Hicksville ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Tuscola ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tuscola. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscola
    • Tuscola is located in Lawrence County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Tuscola
    • From the Ratcliff Cemetery to Tuscola
  • Lizzie ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lizzie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizzie
    • Lizzie is located in Lawrence County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Lizzie
    • From the Ratcliff Cemetery to Lizzie
  • Hitchins
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Cherokee Gap
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Olioville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Houckville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Overda
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Overda. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overda
      • Overda is located in Lawrence County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Overda
      • From the Ratcliff Cemetery to Overda
    • Gladys ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gladys. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladys
      • Gladys is located in Lawrence County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Gladys
      • From the Ratcliff Cemetery to Gladys
    • Dennis ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dennis. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
      • Dennis is located in Lawrence County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Dennis
      • From the Ratcliff Cemetery to Dennis
    • Leon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bruin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bruin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
      • Bruin is located in Elliott County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bruin
      • From the Ratcliff Cemetery to Bruin
    • Christmas ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Cadmus ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cadmus. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadmus
      • Cadmus is located in Lawrence County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Cadmus
      • From the Ratcliff Cemetery to Cadmus
    • Keturah ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Keturah. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keturah
      • Keturah is located in Lawrence County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Keturah
      • From the Ratcliff Cemetery to Keturah
    • Vessie ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vessie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vessie
      • Vessie is located in Lawrence County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Vessie
      • From the Ratcliff Cemetery to Vessie
    • Cherokee
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Grayson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Estep ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Estep. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estep
      • Estep is located in Lawrence County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Estep
      • From the Ratcliff Cemetery to Estep
    • Bolton ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bolton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
      • Bolton is located in Lawrence County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bolton
      • From the Ratcliff Cemetery to Bolton
    • Boltsfork
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Rush
      (9 miles [14.5 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 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.

  • Grayson

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 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 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line 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: 38.2146, Longitude: -82.8713    
<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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