A visit to the Ridgeway 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 Ridgeway Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Ridgeway Cemetery:
40.3889, -93.9477
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Ridgeway Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Ridgeway Cemetery is located in Harrison County<2>.
The county seat for Harrison County is located in Bethany. Bethany lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Ridgeway Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Ridgeway Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km] of the Ridgeway Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Ridgeway Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- Yankee Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Yankee Ridge Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Ridge Cemetery
- Buntin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Buntin Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buntin Cemetery
- Lilly Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Lilly Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly Cemetery
- Eagleville Masonic Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Eagleville Masonic Union Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville Masonic Union Cemetery
- The Eagleville Masonic Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Masonic Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2163051 <5>
- Allen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Allen Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Cemetery
- Russ Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Russ Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russ Cemetery
- Phillebaum Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Phillebaum Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillebaum Cemetery
- Dale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Dale Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Cemetery
- Stoner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Stoner Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoner Cemetery
- Bohemian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Bohemian Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohemian Cemetery
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Moriah Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Moriah Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Magee Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Magee Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magee Cemetery
- Akron Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Akron Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Kidwell Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Kidwell Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidwell Cemetery
- Andover Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The Andover Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover Cemetery
- Springer Chapel Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fogleman Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Fogleman Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogleman Cemetery
- Catholic Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Catholic Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
- Downey Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- The Downey Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downey Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Ridgeway Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Ridgeway Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Ridgeway
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gardner
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gardner is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
- Eagleville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blythedale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Blythedale is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Mount Moriah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Moriah is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Moriah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Bethany
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cainsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cainsville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cainsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Martinsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Martinsville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Akron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Akron is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
- Burrows
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Burrows is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Hatfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hatfield is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- New Hampton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Hampton is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Modena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Modena is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modena
- Lone Star
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lone Star is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Lamoni
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Siloam Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Siloam Springs is located in Gentry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam Springs
- Pleasanton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasanton is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasanton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Gilman City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Davis City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Davis City is located in Decatur County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Coffey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Coffey is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Bancroft
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bancroft is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Princeton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Allendale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Denver
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Denver is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Brimson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brimson is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
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 Ridgeway Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Harrison County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Ridgeway Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Allendale
- Bethany
- Blythedale
- Cainsville
- Davis City
- Eagleville
- Gilman City
- Lamoni
- New Hampton
- Pleasanton
- Princeton
- Ridgeway
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Ridgeway Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Harrison 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 Ridgeway Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #725298 (Ridgeway Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #725298 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: Harrison
- Est. Elev: 316 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Eagleville
- Location given for Ridgeway Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.3888905 Lon: -93.9477286
- 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 Missouri's counties, including Harrison, 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- Ridgeway 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. |