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A visit to the Ray-Rice Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Ray-Rice Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Ray-Rice Cemetery (FG ID #2484588)

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 Ray-Rice Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Ray-Rice Cemetery

Lat:   36.0185°   (36° 1' 6")

Lon:   -82.5784°   (-82° 34' 42")

The cemetery is located in Unicoi County<3>.

As an estimate, the Ray-Rice Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the east of Flag Pond.

The county seat for Unicoi County is located in Erwin. Erwin lies 12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast of the Ray-Rice Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Ray-Rice Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Ray-Rice Cemetery, with the nearest first.

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]<2> of the Ray-Rice Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Ray-Rice Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Flag Pond
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Loganton ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loganton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganton
    • Loganton is located in Unicoi County
  • Clear Branch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Allegheny
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Foster Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Cutshalltown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • White Rock
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Chapel Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Indian Creek ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
    • Indian Creek is located in Unicoi County
  • Allenstand
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Bethel
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bethel have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
    • Bethel is located in Madison County (NC)
  • Higgins
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Higgins. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins
    • Higgins is located in Yancey County (NC)
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Higgins
    • From the Ray-Rice Cemetery to Higgins
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Banner Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Banner Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Hill
      • Banner Hill is located in Unicoi County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,497 people
    • Camp Creek
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hurricane
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Ramseytown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Sioux
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Erwin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erwin have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
      • Erwin is located in Unicoi County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,854 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erwin <7>
    • Conklin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Conklin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin
      • Conklin is located in Washington County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Conklin
      • From the Ray-Rice Cemetery to Conklin
    • Petersburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Mars Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Kansas City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kansas City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas City
      • Kansas City is located in Washington County
    • Limestone
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Stackhouse
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Walnut
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Walnut. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
      • Walnut is located in Madison County (NC)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Walnut
      • From the Ray-Rice Cemetery to Walnut
    • Ivy
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Bailey
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bailey have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
      • Bailey is located in Mitchell County (NC)
    • Tusculum
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tusculum have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusculum
      • Tusculum is located in Greene County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,669 people

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 Ray-Rice Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Unicoi County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Ray-Rice Cemetery.

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 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 Ray-Rice Cemetery:

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 Ray-Rice Cemetery:

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Ray-Rice Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0185, Longitude: -82.5784    
<3>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Unicoi, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<4>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.
<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>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.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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