A visit to the Houck Community 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 Houck Community Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Houck Community Cemetery (FG ID #1981595)
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 Houck Community Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Houck Community Cemetery
Lat: 35.2854° (35° 17' 7")
Lon: -109.2327° (-109° 13' 57")
The cemetery is located in Apache County<3>.
As an estimate, the Houck Community Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the southwest of Sanders.
The county seat for Apache County is located in Saint Johns. Saint Johns lies 54 miles [86.9 km] to the south of the Houck Community Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 5 that are within 28 miles [45.1 km] of the Houck Community Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Houck Community Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Bowman Memorial Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- McCarrell Memorial Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gallup City Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Memorial Gardens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pinehaven Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 18 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km] of the Houck Community Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Houck Community Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Houck
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Allentown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sanders
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lupton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chambers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wide Ruins
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hunters Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Klagetoh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Defiance
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Zuni Pueblo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zuni Pueblo have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuni Pueblo
- Zuni Pueblo is located in McKinley County (NM)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Vanderwagen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Saint Michaels
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Tse Bonito
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tse Bonito have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tse Bonito
- Tse Bonito is located in McKinley County (NM)
- Black Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Black Rock is located in McKinley County (NM)
- Window Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Red Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Houck Community Cemetery. The following communities are located in Apache County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Houck Community 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 Houck Community Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Arizona:
- Pages specific to Apache 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 Houck Community 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 Houck Community 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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 Houck Community Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2854, Longitude: -109.2327 |
<3> | If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Apache, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
<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> | 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. |
<6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<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. |