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A visit to the Roanwood Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

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 Roanwood Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Roanwood Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

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

Lat:   48.9517°   (48° 57' 6")

Lon:   -106.4975°   (-106° 29' 51")

The Roanwood Cemetery is located in Valley County<2>.

The county seat for Valley County is located in Glasgow. Glasgow lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<3> to the south of the Roanwood Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 4 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km] of the Roanwood Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Lawndale Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lawndale Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lawndale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lawndale Cemetery is located in Valley County
  • Glentana Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glentana Cemetery
    • The Glentana Cemetery is located in Valley County
  • Hillcrest - Thoeny Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillcrest - Thoeny Cemetery
    • The Hillcrest - Thoeny Cemetery is located in Valley County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillcrest - Thoeny Cemetery is located 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the east of Opheim.
    • The Hillcrest - Thoeny Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hill Crest Cemetery
    • Hillcrest Cemetery
    • Thoeny Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20913 <5>
  • Larslan Cemetery
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Larslan Cemetery
    • The Larslan Cemetery is located in Valley County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Larslan Cemetery is located 32 miles [51.5 km]<3> to the southwest of Glasgow.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20962 <5>

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 9 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km] of the Roanwood Cemetery.

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

  • Roanwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roanwood
    • Roanwood is located in Valley County
  • West Poplar
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Opheim
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Opheim have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opheim
    • Opheim is located in Valley County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Opheim <6>
  • Glentana
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Richland
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • McEachern
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McEachern. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEachern
  • Larslan
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Rockglen
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Wood Mountain
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

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 Roanwood Cemetery. The following communities are located in Valley County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Glentana
  • Opheim
    • Opheim lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Roanwood Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Opheim.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opheim

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Roanwood 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 Roanwood Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1677342  (Roanwood Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1677342 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Roanwood
    • County: Valley         Elev: 936
    • Location given for GNIS #1677342 (Roanwood Cemetery)

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/

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 Montana's counties, including Valley, 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 obstructions 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 Roanwood Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.9517, Longitude: -106.4975       In this case, the coordinates for the Roanwood Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<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.
<7>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.




 

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