A visit to the Rankin Methodist Episcopal 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 Rankin Methodist Episcopal Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rankin Methodist Episcopal Cemetery:
40.2176, -81.0962
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Rankin Methodist Episcopal Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Rankin Methodist Episcopal Cemetery is located in Harrison County<2>.
The county seat for Harrison County is located in Cadiz. Cadiz lies just to the northeast of the Rankin Methodist Episcopal Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Rankin Methodist Episcopal Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rankin Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Nottingham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Nottingham Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham Cemetery
- Lees Run Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Lees Run Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Run Cemetery
- Minksville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Minksville Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minksville Cemetery
- Moorefield Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Flushing Area Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hines Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Hines Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines Cemetery
- New Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The New Bethel Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethel Cemetery
- Belmont Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Rock Hill Cemetery is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill Cemetery
- The Rock Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rockhill Cemetery
- Stillwater Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #190277 <5>
- Flushing City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Flushing Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Longview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Longview Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Cemetery
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- New Athens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The New Athens Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Athens Cemetery
- Stillwater Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Stillwater Cemetery is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater Cemetery
- Crabapple Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Crabapple Cemetery is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabapple Cemetery
- Dickerson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Dickerson Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickerson Cemetery
- Cadiz Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Cadiz Union Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz Union Cemetery
- The Cadiz Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cadiz Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43838 <5>
- Old Cadiz Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Old Cadiz Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Cadiz Cemetery
- Infirmary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Infirmary Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Infirmary Cemetery
- Deersville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Deersville Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Unity Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Unity Cemetery is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity 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 Rankin Methodist Episcopal Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rankin Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Cassville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cassville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Holloway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holloway is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holloway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Hattonia ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hattonia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
- Rock Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rock Hill is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Flushing
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- New Athens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Athens is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Enfield ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Enfield is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Cadiz
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Deersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Smyrna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Smyrna is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Lafferty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lafferty is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafferty
- Freeport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Oco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oco is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oco
- Unionvale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Unionvale is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionvale
- Narva
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Narva is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narva
- Morristown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Morristown is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Bannock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blairmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Blairmont is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairmont
- Londonderry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Londonderry is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Hendrysburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hendrysburg is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrysburg
- Kinsman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kinsman is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsman
- Harrisville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Harrisville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Adena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Tappan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Jewett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Rankin Methodist Episcopal Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Harrison County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rankin Methodist Episcopal Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cadiz
- Cadiz lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the Northeast (NE) of the Rankin Methodist Episcopal Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Cadiz.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz
- Flushing
- Freeport
- Harrisville
- Jewett
- Jewett lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Rankin Methodist Episcopal Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Jewett.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett
- New Athens
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 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 Rankin Methodist Episcopal Cemetery:
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- Pages specific to Harrison 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 Rankin Methodist Episcopal Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1699607 (Rankin Methodist Episcopal Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1699607 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: Harrison
- Est. Elev: 379 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Flushing
- Location given for Rankin Methodist Episcopal Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.2175679 Lon: -81.0962121
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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 Ohio's counties, including Harrison, 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 from Point A (ie- Rankin Methodist Episcopal 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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