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:
42.9122, -89.2215
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 Dane County<2>.
The county seat for Dane County is located in Madison. Madison lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the northwest 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 23 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Riverside Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Riverside Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Anns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The St. Anns Cemetery is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Anns Cemetery
- East Side Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The East Side Cemetery is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side Cemetery
- Skaalen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wheeler Prairie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rutland Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- West Koshkonong Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- McFarland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The McFarland Cemetery is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Prairie Mound Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Fulton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Fulton Cemetery is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Albion Prairie Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Holy Mother of Consolation Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Holy Cross Cemetery is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross Cemetery
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Maple Hill Cemetery is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill Cemetery
- Ball Tavern Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Ball Tavern Cemetery is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Tavern Cemetery
- South Porter Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jenson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Jenson Cemetery is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenson Cemetery
- Fassett Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Fassett Cemetery is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- Sweet Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Sweet Cemetery is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Cemetery
- Liberty Prairie Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Riverside Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Riverside Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Stoughton
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Stoughton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,218 people
- Dunkirk
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dunkirk is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Hanerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hanerville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanerville
- Stone
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stone is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Cooksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cooksville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Brooklyn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brooklyn is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Fulton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Albion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Albion is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- McFarland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- McFarland is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,291 people
- Door Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Door Creek is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Door Creek
- Oregon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oregon is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,731 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Evansville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Evansville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,556 people
- Indianford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Indianford is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianford
- Edgerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Edgerton is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,595 people
- Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hope is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Edgerton Beach Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Edgerton Beach Park is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton Beach Park
- Rockdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rockdale is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Monona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Monona is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,164 people
- Syene ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Syene is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syene
- Oak Hall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Hall is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hall
- Cambridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cambridge is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,538 people
- Deerfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Deerfield is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,540 people
- Cottage Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cottage Grove is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,158 people
- Fitchburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fitchburg is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,866 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 Riverside Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Dane County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Riverside Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brooklyn
- Cambridge
- Deerfield
- Edgerton
- Evansville
- McFarland
- Monona
- Oregon
- Stoughton
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 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 Riverside Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Wisconsin:
- Pages specific to Dane 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 #1572356 (Riverside Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1572356 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: Dane
- Est. Elev: 263 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Stoughton
- Location given for Riverside Cemetery:
- Lat: 42.9122241 Lon: -89.2215049
- 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 Wisconsin's counties, including Dane, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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. |