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A visit to the River Hill 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 River Hill Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The River Hill Cemetery (FG ID #1372269)

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 River Hill Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the River Hill Cemetery

Lat:   39.2635°   (39° 15' 48")

Lon:   -81.6094°   (-81° 36' 33")

The River Hill Cemetery is located in Wood County<2>.

The county seat for Wood County is located in Parkersburg. Parkersburg lies just to the east of the River Hill Cemetery .

Name Variations for River Hill 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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give a you a feel for the variations that might have occurred with River Hill Cemetery.

River Hill Cemetery has also been known as:

  • River Hill UMC Cemetery
  • Riverhill Cemetery
  • Riverhill UMC 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 25 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the River Hill Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Rockland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rockland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rockland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Rockland Cemetery is located in Washington County (OH)
  • Richards Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richards Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richards Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Richards Cemetery is located in Wood County
  • Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Wood County
  • Tracewell Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tracewell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tracewell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Tracewell Cemetery is located in Wood County
  • Posey Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Posey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Posey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Posey Cemetery is located in Wood County
  • Sunset Memory Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Memory Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Memory Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Sunset Memory Gardens is located in Wood County
  • Edelen Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edelen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edelen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Edelen Cemetery is located in Wood County
  • Lubeck Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lubeck Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lubeck Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lubeck Cemetery is located in Wood County
  • Holliday Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holliday Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holliday Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Holliday Cemetery is located in Wood County
  • Corner Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Corner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Corner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Corner Cemetery is located in Washington County (OH)
  • Neal Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Neal Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Neal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Neal Cemetery is located in Wood County
  • Lewis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lewis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lewis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lewis Cemetery is located in Wood County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Neale Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Neale Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Neale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Neale Cemetery is located in Wood County
    • McDougle Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McDougle Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McDougle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The McDougle Cemetery is located in Wood County
    • Barnes Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barnes Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barnes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Barnes Cemetery is located in Wood County
    • Beckwith Cemetery #1
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beckwith Cemetery #1
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beckwith Cemetery #1 have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Beckwith Cemetery #1 is located in Wood County
    • Wright Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wright Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wright Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wright Cemetery is located in Wood County
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Wood County
    • Foley Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Foley Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Foley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Foley Cemetery is located in Wood County
    • Mathews Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mathews Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mathews Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Mathews Cemetery is located in Wood County
    • Tavenner Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tavenner Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tavenner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Tavenner Cemetery is located in Wood County
    • St. Xaviers Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Xaviers Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Xaviers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Xaviers Cemetery is located in Wood County
    • Riverview Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Parkersburg Memorial Gardens
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • IOOF Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The IOOF Cemetery is located in Wood County

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 River Hill Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from River Hill 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 River Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wood County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The River Hill Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 River Hill 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 River Hill Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1986804  (River Hill Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1986804 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Parkersburg
    • County: Wood         Elev: 251
    • Location given for GNIS #1986804 (River Hill Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #1372269

The official website for Wood County: www.woodcountywv.com/

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.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 West Virginia's counties, including Wood, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the River Hill Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2635, Longitude: -81.6094    
<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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