A visit to the Richmond Hill 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 Richmond Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Richmond Hill Cemetery:
36.2468, -80.6134
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Richmond Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Richmond Hill Cemetery is located in Yadkin County<2>.
The county seat for Yadkin County is located in Yadkinville. Yadkinville lies just to the south southwest of the Richmond Hill Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Richmond Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Richmond Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Clarks Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Union Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Union Grove Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove Cemetery
- New Home Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The New Home Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home Cemetery
- Friendship Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
- Charity Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Charity Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity Cemetery
- Prospect Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Prospect Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Cemetery
- Double Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Double Creek Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Creek Cemetery
- Boonville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Boonville Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonville Cemetery
- Deep Creek Friends Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Union Cross Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cross Cemetery
- Forbush Friends Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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- Siloam Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Siloam Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam Cemetery
- Fulk & Shore Graveyard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hogans Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Copeland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Copeland Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland Cemetery
- Stony Knoll Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Stony Knoll Cemetery is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Knoll Cemetery
- Boonville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Boonville Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonville Cemetery
- East Bend Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The East Bend Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bend Cemetery
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Cemetery
- Bold Springs Graveyard
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Richmond Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Richmond Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Richmond Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Mount Pleasant
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Union Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Rockford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rockford is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Nebo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Siloam
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Forbush
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Boonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Shoals
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Stony Knoll
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Knoll is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Knoll
- Copeland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Copeland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- East Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Boyden ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Boyden is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyden
- Pine Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pine Hill is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
- Yadkinville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fairview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Rusk ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rusk is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
- Donnaha
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Donnaha is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnaha
- Heritage Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Black Water
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Black Water is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Water
- Rena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rena is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rena
- Branon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Branon is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branon
- Pinnacle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dobson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ararat
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Flat Shoals ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Flat Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Mulberry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mulberry is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
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 Richmond Hill Cemetery. The following communities are located in Yadkin County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Richmond Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 Richmond Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Yadkin 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 Richmond Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1731779 (Richmond Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1731779 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: Yadkin
- Est. Elev: 331 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: East Bend
- Location given for Richmond Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.2468045 Lon: -80.6133951
- 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 North Carolina's counties, including Yadkin, 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- Richmond Hill 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. |