A visit to the 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 Ridge Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Ridge Cemetery:
44.0915, -70.7196
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Ridge Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Ridge Cemetery is located in Cumberland County<2>.
The county seat for Cumberland County is located in Portland. Portland lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<3> to the southeast of the Ridge Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Ridge Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Ridge Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Ridge Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Burnham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Burnham Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham Cemetery
- Barnard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Barnard Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard Cemetery
- Flint Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Flint Cemetery is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Cemetery
- Sawyer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Sawyer Cemetery is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer Cemetery
- Ingalls Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Ingalls Hill Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls Hill Cemetery
- Emerson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Forest Hill Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Cemetery
- Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Center Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cemetery
- Finnish Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Finnish Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finnish Cemetery
- Willard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Willard Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard Cemetery
- Elm Vale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Elm Vale Cemetery is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Vale Cemetery
- Haskell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Haskell Cemetery is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Taylor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- Mills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Mills Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Cemetery
- Hio Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Hio Ridge Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hio Ridge Cemetery
- Stone Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Stone Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Cemetery
- Strout Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Strout Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strout Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Trafton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Trafton Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trafton Cemetery
- Maple Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Maple Ridge Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge Cemetery
- Finnish Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Finnish Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finnish Cemetery
- Woodsum Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Woodsum Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsum Cemetery
- Deer Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Deer Hill Cemetery is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Hill Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Ridge Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Ridge Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- North Bridgton
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bridgton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Harrison
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sandy Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
- West Bridgton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- West Bridgton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgton
- South Waterford
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sweden
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sweden is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
- Waterford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Waterford is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,602 people
- Waterford has also been known as:
- Sweats Island
- Sweet Island
- Swetts Island
- Waterford Flat
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterford <6>
- East Denmark
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- East Denmark is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Denmark
- South Bridgton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Bridgton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bridgton
- East Fryeburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Fryeburg is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fryeburg
- Spurrs Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Spurrs Corner is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrs Corner
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Otisfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Otisfield is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,819 people
- Lovell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- North Waterford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Denmark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Otisfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- East Otisfield is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Otisfield
- Naples
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cobb Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cobb Cove is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Cove
- Center Lovell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Casco
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oxford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Slab City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Slab City is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Fryeburg Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fryeburg Center is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryeburg Center
- Norway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Norway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- North Norway is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Norway
- North Fryeburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- North Fryeburg is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fryeburg
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 Ridge Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cumberland County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Ridge Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Ridge Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Maine:
- Pages specific to Cumberland 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 Ridge Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1912952 (Ridge Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1912952 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: Cumberland
- Est. Elev: 160 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bridgton
- Location given for Ridge Cemetery:
- Lat: 44.09152 Lon: -70.7196
- 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 Maine's counties, including Cumberland, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- 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. |