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A visit to the Ridgedale United Methodist Church (UMC) 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 Ridgedale UMC Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Ridgedale UMC Cemetery (FG ID #2294892).

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 Ridgedale UMC Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Ridgedale UMC Cemetery:

36.9418, -81.5705

The Ridgedale UMC Cemetery is located in Smyth County<2>.

The county seat for Smyth County is located in Marion. Marion lies just to the south southeast of the Ridgedale UMC Cemetery .

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Establishment of the Ridgedale UMC Cemetery ...

The Ridgedale UMC Cemetery was:

Name Variations for Ridgedale UMC Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Ridgedale UMC Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Ridgedale Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Ridgedale UMC Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Buchanan Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • The Buchanan Cemetery is located in Smyth County
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  • Buchanan Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • The Buchanan Cemetery is located in Smyth County
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  • Olinger Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • The Olinger Cemetery is located in Smyth County
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  • Gillespie Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • The Gillespie Cemetery is located in Smyth County
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  • Buchanan Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • The Buchanan Cemetery is located in Smyth County
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  • Campbell Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • The Campbell Cemetery is located in Smyth County
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  • Buchanan Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • The Buchanan Cemetery is located in Smyth County
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  • Hubble Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • The Hubble Cemetery is located in Smyth County
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  • Richardson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • The Richardson Cemetery is located in Smyth County
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  • Chatham Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • The Chatham Hill Cemetery is located in Smyth County
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  • Necessary Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • The Necessary Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
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  • Caldwell Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • The Caldwell Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
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  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Crabtree Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • The Crabtree Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
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    • Holmes Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • The Holmes Cemetery is located in Tazewell County
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    • Buchanan Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • The Buchanan Cemetery is located in Smyth County
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    • Burnop Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • The Burnop Cemetery is located in Smyth County
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    • Orr Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • The Orr Cemetery is located in Smyth County
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    • Sexton Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • The Sexton Cemetery is located in Smyth County
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    • Totten Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • The Totten Cemetery is located in Smyth County
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    • Martin Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)

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] of the Ridgedale UMC Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Ridgedale UMC Cemetery, with the nearest first:

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 Ridgedale UMC Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Smyth County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Ridgedale UMC Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Ridgedale UMC 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 Ridgedale UMC Cemetery:

Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #2294892

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>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Smyth, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ridgedale UMC 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.