A visit to the Rock River 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 Rock River Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Rock River Cemetery (FG ID #2446703)
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 Rock River Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rock River Cemetery
Lat: 41.7371° (41° 44' 13")
Lon: -105.9741° (-105° 58' 26")
The Rock River Cemetery is located in Albany County<2>.
The county seat for Albany County is located in Laramie. Laramie lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<3> to the southeast of the Rock River Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 4 that are within 28 miles [45.1 km] of the Rock River Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rock River Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Trails End Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Carbon Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Elk Mtn. Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ft. Halleck Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 9 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Rock River Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rock River Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Rock River
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rock Creek ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lookout ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Medicine Bow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bosler
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Mountain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Milo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Milo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Milo is located in Carbon County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Milo
- From the Rock River Cemetery to Milo
- Wyoming Station ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Howell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howell have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
- Howell is located in Albany County
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 Rock River Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Albany County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rock River Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 helpful 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 Rock River Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Wyoming:
- Pages specific to Albany County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Rock River Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 Rock River Cemetery:
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 Wyoming's counties, including Albany, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions 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 Rock River Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7371, Longitude: -105.9741 |
| <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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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. |