A visit to the Rice 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 Rice Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rice Cemetery:
35.8518, -82.6126
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Rice Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Rice Cemetery is located in Madison County<2>.
The county seat for Madison County is located in Marshall. Marshall lies just to the southwest of the Rice Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Rice Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rice Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Sams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Sams Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Cemetery
- Grapevine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Grapevine Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine Cemetery
- Ingle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Ingle Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingle Cemetery
- Merrill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Merrill Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Cemetery
- Peek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Peek Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peek Cemetery
- Coates Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Coates Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coates Cemetery
- Heck Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Heck Creek Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heck Creek Cemetery
- Capps Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Capps Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capps Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Capps Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Marshall.
- The Capps Cemetery has also been known as:
- Price Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47048 <5>
- Edwards Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Edwards Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Cemetery
- Buckner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Buckner Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckner Cemetery
- Shook Ramsey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Shook Ramsey Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shook Ramsey Cemetery
- The Shook Ramsey Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ramsey Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2208646 <5>
- Arrington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Arrington Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrington Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Ball - Hunter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wild Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Wild Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Cemetery
- Rice Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Rice Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Cemetery
- Roberts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Roberts Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Cemetery
- Runnion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Runnion Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnion Cemetery
- West Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The West Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cemetery
- Ramsey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Ramsey Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey Cemetery
- Bryan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Bryan Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan Cemetery
- The Bryan Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bryant Cemetery
- Laurel Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- Ray Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Ray Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray Cemetery
- Ramsey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Ramsey Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Rice Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rice Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Petersburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Petersburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Mars Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Foster Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Foster Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Creek
- Marshall
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rollins
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rollins is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Ivy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ivy is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy
- Flat Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Bethel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bethel is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Walnut
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Walnut is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Democrat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Democrat is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Democrat
- Cutshalltown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cutshalltown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshalltown
- White Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- White Rock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Chapel Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Chapel Hill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Allegheny
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Allegheny is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegheny
- Hurricane
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hurricane is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- Stackhouse
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stackhouse is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse
- Alexander
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Barnardsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Weaverville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rockview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockview is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockview
- Flag Pond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond
- Allenstand
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allenstand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand
- Stoney Knob
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Stoney Knob is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Knob
- Beech
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beech is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Hot Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
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 Rice Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Madison County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rice Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Rice Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Madison 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 Rice Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #993278 (Rice Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #993278 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: Madison
- Est. Elev: 707 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Mars Hill
- Location given for Rice Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.8517742 Lon: -82.6126357
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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 North Carolina's counties, including Madison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | 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- Rice 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. |
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