A visit to the Riley 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 Riley Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Riley Cemetery:
35.8192, -84.5477
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Riley Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Riley Cemetery is located in Roane County<2>.
The county seat for Roane County is located in Kingston. Kingston lies just to the north northeast of the Riley Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Riley Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Riley Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Riley Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Hood Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Stegall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Stegall Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stegall Cemetery
- Bacon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Bacon Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon Cemetery
- Laurel Bluff Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Laurel Bluff Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Bluff Cemetery
- Durham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Durham Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham Cemetery
- Slave Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Slave Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slave Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Isham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Isham Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham Cemetery
- Neergaard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Neergaard Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neergaard Cemetery
- Biss Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Biss Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biss Cemetery
- Slave Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Slave Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slave Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Center Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cemetery
- Martin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Martin Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Cemetery
- Bowers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Bowers Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Cemetery
- Bowman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Bowman Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Cemetery
- Delaney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Delaney Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaney Cemetery
- Picket Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Picket Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picket Cemetery
- Butler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Butler Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Cemetery
- Shields Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Shields Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields Cemetery
- Barnard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Barnard Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard Cemetery
- Lewis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Lewis Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Cemetery
- Lacy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Lacy Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy Cemetery
- Kelsay Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Kelsay Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsay Cemetery
- Rose Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Rose Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Kingston.
- The Bethel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethel - Kingston Cemetery
- Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Historical Bethel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #9213 <5>
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Riley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Riley Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Midtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Midtown is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown
- Laddie Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Laddie Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddie Village
- Kingston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Morrisgap ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Morrisgap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisgap
- Postoak
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Postoak is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Postoak has also been known as:
- Post Oak Springs
- Emory Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Emory Gap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Gap
- Cardiff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cardiff is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Harriman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cave Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cave Creek is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek
- Rockwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bradbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bradbury is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury
- Kries
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kries is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kries
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Bazel Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bazel Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazel Town
- Pioneer Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Glen Alice
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Luttrell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Loudon City Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Loudon City Park is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon City Park
- Oakdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Oakdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Surprise
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- Philadelphia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Loudon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Selkirk ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Selkirk is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- Wheat ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wheat is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat
- Dyllis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dyllis is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyllis
- Roddy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Blue Gem ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Gem is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Gem
- Coal Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Coal Hill is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
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 Riley Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Roane County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Riley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cardiff
- Kingston
- Loudon
- Oakdale
- Rockwood
- Wheat - Historic
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Riley Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Roane 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 Riley Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1299450 (Riley Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1299450 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: Roane
- Est. Elev: 231 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bacon Gap
- Location given for Riley Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.8192408 Lon: -84.5477121
- 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 Tennessee's counties, including Roane, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Riley 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |