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:
34.0629, -98.2073
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 Clay County<2>.
The county seat for Clay County is located in Henrietta. Henrietta lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the south 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 21 that are within 21 miles [33.8 km] of the Riverside Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Riverside Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Benvenue Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Benvenue Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benvenue Cemetery
- Hurnville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Hurnville Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurnville Cemetery
- Riverland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Riverland Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverland Cemetery
- Waurika Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Waurika Cemetery is located in Jefferson County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waurika Cemetery
- Hastings Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- The Hastings Cemetery is located in Jefferson County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings Cemetery
- Temple Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- The Temple Cemetery is located in Cotton County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Cemetery
- The Temple Cemetery has also been known as:
- Temple Masonic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99642 <5>
- Sugden Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- The Sugden Cemetery is located in Jefferson County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugden Cemetery
- Hastings Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Kempner Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Kempner Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- The Kempner Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempner Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4600 <5>
- Fairview Cemetery of Randlett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Cotton County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Randlett Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99323 <5>
- Ryan Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- The Ryan Cemetery is located in Jefferson County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Cambridge Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- The Cambridge Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Cotton County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Wilkerson Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Addington Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- The Addington Cemetery is located in Jefferson County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addington Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Addington Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Addington (OK).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #97846 <5>
- Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- The Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery is located in Wichita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Burkburnett.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1452095 <5>
- White Hill Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- The White Hill Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hill Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Wichita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- Terral Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Terral Cemetery is located in Jefferson County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terral Cemetery
- Diamond Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Diamond Cemetery is located in Stephens County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 20 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Riverside Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Riverside Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Byers
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Petrolia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Taylor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor is located in Cotton County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
- Thornberry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Thornberry is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornberry
- Dean
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dean is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Hastings
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sugden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sugden is located in Jefferson County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Waurika
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ryan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ryan is located in Jefferson County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ryan <6>
- Temple
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jolly
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jolly is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Henrietta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Randlett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cashion Community
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cashion Community is located in Wichita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashion Community
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- Addington
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wichita Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Terral
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cookietown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cookietown is located in Cotton County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookietown
- Burkburnett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Walters
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Walters is located in Cotton County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,357 people
- Former name for Walters:
- Walter
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walters <6>
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 Clay County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Riverside Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Addington
- Burkburnett
- Byers
- Byers lies less than 2 miles<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Riverside Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Byers.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers
- Comanche
- Devol
- Devol lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Riverside Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Devol.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devol
- Hastings
- Henrietta
- Petrolia
- Randlett
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Continue List (6 more)
- Ryan lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Riverside Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ryan.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
- Temple
- Terral
- Walters
- Waurika
- Wichita Falls
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 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 Riverside Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Clay 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 #1889980 (Riverside Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1889980 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: Clay
- Est. Elev: 307 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Petrolia
- Location given for Riverside Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.0628726 Lon: -98.2072661
- 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 Texas' counties, including Clay, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |