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:
46.1197, -91.3635
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 Sawyer County<2>.
The county seat for Sawyer County is located in Hayward. Hayward lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southwest 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 22 that are within 27 miles [43.5 km] of the Riverside Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Riverside Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Trinity Cemetery is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- St. Anne Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Anne Cemetery is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Anne Cemetery
- Indian Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Indian Cemetery is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- Round Lake Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Round Lake Cemetery is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Lake Cemetery
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Lukes Cemetery is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Lukes Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Wascott Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- The Wascott Cemetery is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wascott Cemetery
- Wildwood Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- The Wildwood Cemetery is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Cemetery
- Barnes Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- The Barnes Cemetery is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Lampson Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- The Lampson Cemetery is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lampson Cemetery
- Highland Memorial Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Earl Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- The Earl Cemetery is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Earl Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Earl.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1975084 <5>
- Birch Lake Church Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Birch Lake Church Cemetery is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Lake Church Cemetery
- The Birch Lake Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Birch Lake Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #542828 <5>
- Pike River Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- The Pike River Cemetery is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike River Cemetery
- Radisson Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- The Radisson Cemetery is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radisson Cemetery
- St. Peters Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Peters Cemetery is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Cemetery
- Winter Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Winter Cemetery is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Cemetery
- Moe Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Moe Cemetery is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moe Cemetery
- Mason Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Mason Cemetery is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 19 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:
- Seeley
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Seeley is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seeley
- Phipps
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Phipps is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
- Cable
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cable is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Hayward
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hayward is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,352 people
- Little Round Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Little Round Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Round Lake
- Chief Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Chief Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chief Lake
- Reserve
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Reserve is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- New Post
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Post is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Post
- Stone Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stone Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
- Couderay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Couderay is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couderay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Minong
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Minong is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Earl
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Earl is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Sutherland
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sutherland is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherland
- Delta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Delta is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Radisson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Radisson is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radisson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Winter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Winter is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Mason
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mason is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Solon Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Solon Springs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Sauntry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sauntry is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauntry
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 Sawyer County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Riverside Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cable
- Cable lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Riverside Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Cable.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Hayward
- Minong
- Radisson
- Stone Lake
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 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 Sawyer 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 #1572368 (Riverside Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1572368 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: Sawyer
- Est. Elev: 384 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Seeley
- Location given for Riverside Cemetery:
- Lat: 46.1196742 Lon: -91.3635141
- 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 Sawyer, 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 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. |