A visit to the Howard Ridge 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 Howard Ridge Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Howard Ridge Cemetery:
38.7431, -83.8144
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Howard Ridge Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Howard Ridge Cemetery is located in Brown County<2>.
The county seat for Brown County is located in Georgetown. Georgetown lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Howard Ridge Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Howard Ridge Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Howard Ridge Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Howard Ridge Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Maplewood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Maplewood Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Cemetery
- Fitchs Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Martin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Martin Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Cemetery
- Rosemont Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Rosemont Cemetery is located in Mason County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Cemetery
- Charleston Bottom Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hiett Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Hiett Chapel Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiett Chapel Cemetery
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Presbyterian Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presbyterian Cemetery
- Devore Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Old Redoak Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Old Redoak Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Redoak Cemetery
- Pisgah Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Pisgah Ridge Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah Ridge Cemetery
- Hill Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Hill Family Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Family Cemetery
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Locust Grove Cemetery is located in Mason County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Martin Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Martin Hill Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Hill Cemetery
- Charter Oak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Charter Oak Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Oak Cemetery
- Beasley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Beasley Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beasley Cemetery
- Ebenezer Churchyard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hickory Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Hickory Ridge Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hickory Ridge Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located between<5> the communities of Decatur and Slickaway. The cemetery lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the south of Decatur.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #41389 <6>
- Woods Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Woods Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Cemetery
- Hillman Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Reader Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Reader Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reader Cemetery
- Liberty Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glaze Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Glaze Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glaze Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Howard Ridge Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Howard Ridge Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Ripley
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- South Ripley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- South Ripley is located in Mason County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ripley
- Dover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dover is located in Mason County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Slickaway ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Slickaway is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickaway
- Neel
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Neel is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neel
- Minerva
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Minerva is located in Mason County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
- Aberdeen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsberry is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsberry
- Maysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Decatur
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Decatur is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Washington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Washington is located in Mason County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Bradysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bradysville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradysville
- Bradysville has also been known as:
- Centerville
- Centreville
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Russellville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Russellville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 510 people
- Higginsport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Georgetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Germantown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Germantown is located in Bracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Bentonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bentonville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville
- Augusta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Springdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Springdale is located in Mason County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Manchester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Manchester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Manchester is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Ash Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ash Ridge is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Ridge
- Chatham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Chatham is located in Bracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
- Sunshine ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sunshine is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Lewisburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lewisburg is located in Mason County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- White Oak Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- White Oak Valley is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Valley
- Arnheim
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Arnheim is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnheim
- Feesburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Feesburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feesburg
- Utopia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Utopia is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utopia
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 Howard Ridge Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Brown County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Howard Ridge Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Aberdeen
- Augusta
- Dover
- Dover lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Howard Ridge Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Dover.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Feesburg
- Georgetown
- Higginsport
- Manchester
- Maysville
- Ripley
- Washington
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Howard Ridge Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Ohio:
- Pages specific to Brown 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 Howard Ridge Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1041831 (Howard Ridge Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1041831 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: Brown
- Est. Elev: 263 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Maysville West
- Location given for Howard Ridge Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.7431279 Lon: -83.8143679
- 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 Ohio's counties, including Brown, 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- Howard Ridge 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Decatur and Slickaway. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <6> | 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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