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Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Raven Creek Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Raven Creek Cemetery (FG ID #1423650)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Raven Creek Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Raven Creek Cemetery

Lat:   41.2159°   (41° 12' 57")

Lon:   -76.3493°   (-76° 20' 57")

The cemetery is located in Columbia County<3>.

As an estimate, the Raven Creek Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southwest of Benton.

The county seat for Columbia County is located in Bloomsburg. Bloomsburg lies 15 miles [24.1 km] to the south southwest of the Raven Creek Cemetery .

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 Raven Creek Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Pennsylvania:
  • Pages specific to Columbia County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Raven Creek Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Raven Creek Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Raven Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Benton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Clarks View
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks View
      • Clarks View is located in Luzerne County
    • Fairmount Springs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairmount Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Springs
      • Fairmount Springs is located in Luzerne County
    • Stillwater
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stillwater have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
      • Stillwater is located in Columbia County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stillwater <4>
    • New Columbus
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Columbus have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbus
      • New Columbus is located in Luzerne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
    • Register
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Register have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Register
      • Register is located in Luzerne County
    • Waller
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waller have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waller
      • Waller is located in Columbia County
    • Jackson
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
      • Jackson is located in Columbia County
    • Harveyville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveyville
      • Harveyville is located in Luzerne County
    • Mossville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossville
      • Mossville is located in Luzerne County
    • Rohrsburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rohrsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rohrsburg
      • Rohrsburg is located in Columbia County
    • Zaner
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zaner
      • Zaner is located in Columbia County
    • Continue List   (13 more) ...
      • Jonestown
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jonestown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
        • Jonestown is located in Columbia County
      • Huntington Mills
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Pleasant Valley
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
        • Pleasant Valley is located in Luzerne County
      • Rittenhouse
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rittenhouse have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rittenhouse
        • Rittenhouse is located in Luzerne County
      • Jamison City
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jamison City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
        • Jamison City is located in Columbia County
      • Coles Mill
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles Mill
        • Coles Mill is located in Columbia County
      • Waterton
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterton
        • Waterton is located in Luzerne County
      • Bloomingdale
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bloomingdale have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
        • Bloomingdale is located in Luzerne County
      • Richarts Grove
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
        • Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
      • Greenwood
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
        • Greenwood is located in Columbia County
      • Unityville
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Lungerville
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
        • Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
      • Biggerstown
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
        • Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County

    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 Raven Creek Cemetery. The following communities are located in Columbia County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Raven Creek Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    • Benton

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Raven Creek Cemetery.<6>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Raven Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • St. Gabriel Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • The St. Gabriel Cemetery is located in Columbia County
      • The St. Gabriel Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. Garbiel's Episcopal Church Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Gabriel Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #369311 <1>
    • Boston Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Boston Cemetery is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boston Cemetery
    • Thompson Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thompson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Thompson Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thompson Cemetery
    • Belles Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Belles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Belles Cemetery is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belles Cemetery
    • Jackson Twp. Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • The Jackson Twp. Cemetery is located in Columbia County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Jackson Twp. Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Jackson.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackson Twp. Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1976622 <1>
    • Graveyard Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Graveyard Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Graveyard Hill is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Graveyard Hill
    • Goss Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Goss Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • The Goss Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Goss Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Huntington Mills.
      • The Goss Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Harveyville Cemetery
      • Trescott Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goss Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2186549 <1>
    • Rohrsburg Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rohrsburg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Rohrsburg Cemetery is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rohrsburg Cemetery
    • Zion Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Zion Cemetery is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
    • Dodson Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dodson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Dodson Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dodson Cemetery
    • Pine Grove Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Lemon Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • The Lemon Cemetery is located in Columbia County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lemon Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southwest of Greenwood.
      • The Lemon Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Greenwood Christian Church Cemetery
      • Greenwood Union Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lemon Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1977796 <1>
    • Continue List   (9 more) ...
      • Scott Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Scott Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scott Cemetery
      • Broadway Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Salem Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Pine Center UMC Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Benscoter Family Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Ikelers Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • The Ikelers Cemetery is located in Columbia County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ikelers Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the west of Millville.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ikelers Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1980067 <1>
      • McHenry Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McHenry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The McHenry Cemetery is located in Columbia County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McHenry Cemetery
      • Old Ebenezer Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Old Ebenezer Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
        • The Old Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Columbia County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Ebenezer Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2380150 <1>
      • Benscoter Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • The Benscoter Cemetery is located in Luzerne County
        • The Benscoter Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Arnold - Benscote Cemeetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Benscoter Cemetery

    For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

    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 Raven Creek Cemetery:

    The official website for Columbia County: www.columbiapa.org/county/

    The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

    Footnotes ...

    <1>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.
    <2>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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Raven Creek Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2159, Longitude: -76.3493    
    <3>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Columbia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>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.
    <6>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
    <7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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