A visit to the Rucker 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 Rucker Cemetery ...
The Rucker Cemetery is located in Wayne County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Bethel Cemetery
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Wayne County
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- Black River Cemetery
- The Black River Cemetery is located in Butler County
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- Center Ridge Cemetery
- The Center Ridge Cemetery is located in Wayne County
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- Chaonia Cemetery
- The Chaonia Cemetery is located in Wayne County
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- Cool Spring Cemetery
- The Cool Spring Cemetery is located in Wayne County
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- Davidson Cemetery
- The Davidson Cemetery is located in Butler County
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- Davidson Cemetery
- The Davidson Cemetery is located in Wayne County
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- Estes Cemetery
- The Estes Cemetery is located in Wayne County
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- Garrison Cemetery
- The Garrison Cemetery is located in Wayne County
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- Harwell Cemetery
- The Harwell Cemetery is located in Butler County
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- Keele Cemetery
- The Keele Cemetery is located in Butler County
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- Magill Cemetery
- The Magill Cemetery is located in Butler County
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- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Military Crossing Cemetery
- Miller Creek Cemetery
- The Miller Creek Cemetery is located in Wayne County
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- Mt. Zion Cemetery
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Butler County
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- Page Cemetery
- The Page Cemetery is located in Wayne County
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- Sloan Cemetery
- The Sloan Cemetery is located in Wayne County
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- Sloan Cemetery
- The Sloan Cemetery is located in Wayne County
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- Smith Cemetery
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Wayne County
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- Smoot Cemetery
- The Smoot Cemetery is located in Wayne County
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- Woolard Cemetery
- The Woolard Cemetery is located in Wayne County
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For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> of the Rucker Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Bounds
- Bounds is located in Wayne County
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- Clubb
- Clubb is located in Wayne County
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- Dees Town
- Dees Town is located in Wayne County
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- Ellsinore
- Fisk
- Gipsy
- Gipsy is located in Bollinger County
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- Greenville
- Harviell
- Hiram
- Hiram is located in Wayne County
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- Kelly Town
- Kelly Town is located in Butler County
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- Lodi
- Lodi is located in Wayne County
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- Lowndes
- Lowndes is located in Wayne County
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- Continue List (11 more) ...
- McGee
- McGee is located in Wayne County
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- Mill Spring
- Mill Spring is located in Wayne County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Patterson
- Piedmont
- Poplar Bluff
- Puxico
- Rombauer
- Rombauer is located in Butler County
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- Shook
- Shook is located in Wayne County
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- Silva
- Silva is located in Wayne County
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- Wappapello
- Williamsville
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 Rucker Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wayne County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rucker Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ellsinore
- Greenville
- Piedmont
- Poplar Bluff
- Puxico
- Williamsville
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 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 Rucker Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Wayne 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 Rucker Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #751980 (Rucker Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #751980 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: Wayne
- Est. Elev: 173 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hendrickson
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Wayne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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- Rucker Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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