A visit to the Riverside 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 Riverside Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Riverside Cemetery:
41.2451, -81.2801
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Riverside Cemetery is located in Portage County<2>.
The county seat for Portage County is located in Ravenna. Ravenna lies just to the south southeast of the Riverside Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Riverside Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Riverside Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Riverside Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Evergreen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Hillside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Hillside Cemetery is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Cemetery
- Streetsboro Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Streetsboro Cemetery is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Streetsboro Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Hillside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pioneer Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Mantua.
- The Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Graveyard
- Pioneer Trail Cemetery
- Sanford Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2216242 <5>
- Plainview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Plainview Cemetery is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview Cemetery
- Eastlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Eastlawn Cemetery is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastlawn Cemetery
- Westlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Westlawn Cemetery is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlawn Cemetery
- Aurora Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Aurora Cemetery is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora Cemetery
- Cackler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Cackler Cemetery is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cackler Cemetery
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Maple Grove Cemetery is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Draper Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Russell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Russell Cemetery is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Cemetery
- Standing Rock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Breakneck Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Breakneck Cemetery is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakneck Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Freedom West Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Freedom West Cemetery is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom West Cemetery
- Vaughn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Vaughn Cemetery is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughn Cemetery
- Jackson Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stow Street Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Stow Street Cemetery is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stow Street Cemetery
- Drakesburg Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Drakesburg Cemetery is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Riverside Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Riverside Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Doolittles Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Evergreen Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Mantua
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Camelot Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Streetsboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sugar Bush Knolls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Bush Knolls is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush Knolls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Brady Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brady Lake is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Lake
- Estimated population in 2018: 464 people
- Pine Gate Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pine Gate Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Gate Village
- Ravenna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Aurora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Drakesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Campbellsport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Campbellsport is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Augerburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Hiram
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hudson Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hudson Village is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Village
- Hudson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Stow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Garrettsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Reminderville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Reminderville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reminderville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,643 people
- Twinsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Lake is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
- Munroe Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brimfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bainbridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rootstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Auburn Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Bosworth ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bosworth is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosworth
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 Riverside Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Portage County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Riverside Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Aurora
- Garrettsville
- Hiram
- Hiram lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Riverside Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hiram.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiram
- Hudson
- Kent
- Kent lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Riverside Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Kent.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Mantua
- Ravenna
- Stow
- Stow lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Riverside Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Stow.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stow
- Streetsboro
- Twinsburg
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 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 Riverside Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Ohio:
- Pages specific to Portage 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 Riverside Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1045049 (Riverside Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1045049 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: Portage
- Est. Elev: 335 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Kent
- Location given for Riverside Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.2450559 Lon: -81.2801042
- 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 Portage, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Riverside 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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