A visit to the Whitford Plot ...
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 Whitford Plot ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Whitford Plot:
41.5801, -71.5870
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Whitford Plot can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Whitford Plot is located in Washington County<2>.
. Wakefield lies 10 miles [16.1 km]
<3> to the south southeast of the Whitford Plot .
Open a Google Map centered on the Whitford Plot.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 38 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km] of the Whitford Plot.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Whitford Plot, with the nearest first.
- Eleazer Slocum Lot
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Eleazer Slocum Lot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleazer Slocum Lot
- Exeter Historical Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Indian Rock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Indian Rock Cemetery is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Rock Cemetery
- Lockwood Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Lockwood Plot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood Plot
- Anthony - Arnold Lot
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Anthony - Arnold Lot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony - Arnold Lot
- The Anthony - Arnold Lot has also been known as:
- Anthony - Arnold Plot
- Jump to the Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission: RIHCC ID #EX016 <5>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2457560 <6>
- Card Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Card Plot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Card Plot
- Dawley - Straight Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Dawley - Straight Plot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawley - Straight Plot
- Dawley - Brown Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Dawley - Brown Plot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawley - Brown Plot
- Hathaway Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Hathaway Cemetery is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hathaway Cemetery
- Chapman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Chapman Cemetery is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman Cemetery
- Reynolds Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Reynolds Plot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds Plot
- Chestnut Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Chestnut Hill Cemetery is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Cemetery
- Continue List (26 more) ...
- Sunderland - Tarbox Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rose Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Rose Plot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Plot
- Allen Plot
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Allen Plot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Plot
- Lillibridge Burial Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lillibridge Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Lillibridge Plot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillibridge Plot
- James Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The James Plot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Plot
- Gardiner Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Gardiner Plot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardiner Plot
- Sherman Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Sherman Plot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman Plot
- Sherman Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Sherman Plot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman Plot
- Tripp Family Cemeteryt
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Tripp Family Cemeteryt is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripp Family Cemeteryt
- Willcox Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Willcox Plot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willcox Plot
- Wilcox Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Wilcox Plot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilcox Plot
- Phillips Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Phillips Cemetery is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Cemetery
- Walker Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Walker Plot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Plot
- Dawley Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Dawley Plot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawley Plot
- Reverend Solomon Sprague Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dowley Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Dowley Plot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowley Plot
- Sherman Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Sherman Plot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman Plot
- Gardner Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Gardner Plot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner Plot
- Sherman Burial Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Sherman Burial Ground is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman Burial Ground
- Albert Sweet Lot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Albert Sweet Lot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert Sweet Lot
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Albert Sweet Lot is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southwest of Exeter.
- The Albert Sweet Lot has also been known as:
- Albert Sweet Plot
- Jump to the Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission: RIHCC ID #EX126 <5>
- Dawley Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Dawley Plot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawley Plot
- Champlin - Greene Burial Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Old Baptist Churchyard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Whitman - Thurston Plot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #70
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
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 Whitford Plot.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Whitford Plot, with the nearest first:
- Tripps Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Tripps Corner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripps Corner
- Liberty
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Liberty is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Exeter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Exeter is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,531 people
- Exeter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Exeter is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
- Austin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Austin is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Richmond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,886 people
- Slocum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Slocum is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum
- Kitts Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kitts Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitts Corner
- Wickford Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wickford Junction is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Junction
- West Greenwich
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Greenwich is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,418 people
- Arcadia
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Arcadia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Usquepaug
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Usquepaug is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Usquepaug
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- East Greenwich
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Greenwich is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,141 people
- Shippee Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shippee Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippee Corner
- Kingston Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kingston Station is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Station
- Allenton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Allenton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- North Kingstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Kingstown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,278 people
- Belleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Belleville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- North Kingstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Kingstown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown
- Wickford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wickford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford
- Spring Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Spring Lake is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Lewis City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lewis City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis City
- Wyoming
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wyoming is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Kingston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kingston is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Coventry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Coventry is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
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 Whitford Plot. The following communities are located in Washington County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Whitford Plot.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Whitford Plot:
- Pages specific to Rhode Island:
- Pages specific to Washington 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 Whitford Plot:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1902614 (Whitford Lot)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1902614 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: Washington
- Est. Elev: 102 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Slocum
- Location given for Whitford Lot:
- Lat: 41.5801004 Lon: -71.5870072
- 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 the state's counties, including Washington, 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- Whitford Plot) 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 Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission (RIHCC) has created and maintains a database of cemeteries. More information about the RIHCC can be found on their website: rihistoriccemeteries.org. |
| <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. |