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A visit to the Ritzville Memorial 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 Ritzville Memorial Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Ritzville Memorial Cemetery (FG ID #294541)

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 Ritzville Memorial Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Ritzville Memorial Cemetery

Lat:   47.1321°   (47° 7' 55")

Lon:   -118.3942°   (-118° 23' 39")

The Ritzville Memorial Cemetery is located in Adams County<2>.

The county seat for Adams County is located in Ritzville. Ritzville lies just to the east southeast of the Ritzville Memorial Cemetery .

Establishment of the Ritzville Memorial Cemetery ...

The Ritzville Memorial Cemetery was established in 1887.

Name Variations for Ritzville Memorial 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.

Ritzville Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Ritzville 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 18 that are within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of the Ritzville Memorial Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Paha Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paha Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Paha Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Paha Cemetery is located in Adams County
  • Lind Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lind Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lind Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lind Cemetery is located in Adams County
  • Bemis Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bemis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bemis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bemis Cemetery is located in Adams County
  • Odessa Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Odessa Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Odessa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Odessa Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
  • Lake View Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lake View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lake View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lake View Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
  • Macabee Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Macabee Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Macabee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Macabee Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
  • Ammaus Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ammaus Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ammaus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ammaus Cemetery is located in Adams County
  • Delight Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Grisham Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grisham Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grisham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Grisham Cemetery is located in Whitman County
  • Kansas Prairie Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kansas Prairie Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kansas Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Kansas Prairie Cemetery is located in Adams County
  • Washtucna Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Kappel Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 15 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Ritzville Memorial Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Ritzville Memorial 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 Ritzville Memorial Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Adams County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Ritzville Memorial Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Cunningham
  • Lind
    • Lind lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the Southwest (SW) of the Ritzville Memorial Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lind.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lind
  • Odessa
    • Odessa lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the Ritzville Memorial Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Odessa.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odessa
  • Paha - Historic
    • Paha lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Ritzville Memorial Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Paha.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paha
  • Ritzville
  • Sprague
    • Sprague lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Ritzville Memorial Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Sprague.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague
  • Washtucna

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Ritzville Memorial 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 Ritzville Memorial Cemetery:

The official website for Adams County: www.co.adams.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://wa.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>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Adams, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Ritzville Memorial Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.1321, Longitude: -118.3942    
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.




 

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