A visit to the Old Town 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 Old Town Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Old Town Cemetery (FG ID #72404).
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 Old Town Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Old Town Cemetery:
29.5901, -82.9661
The Old Town Cemetery is located in Dixie County<2>.
The county seat for Dixie County is located in Cross City. Cross City lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Old Town Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Old Town Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km] of the Old Town Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Old Town Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- McCrabb Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The McCrabb Cemetery is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCrabb Cemetery
- Long Pond Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Long Pond Cemetery is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Pond Cemetery
- Hardee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Hardee Cemetery is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardee Cemetery
- Priscilla Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Midway Church of Christ Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fayetteville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Fayetteville Cemetery is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayetteville Cemetery
- Chiefland Community Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Jennings Lake Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chiefland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Chiefland Cemetery is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiefland Cemetery
- Trenton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Trenton Community Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Antioch Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Adamsville Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Adamsville Cemetery is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville Cemetery
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- Overstreet Family Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Church of Christ Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Keen Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- The Keen Cemetery is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keen Cemetery
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bell Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Old Town Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Old Town Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Suwanee Old Town ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Suwanee Old Town is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suwanee Old Town
- Old Town
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fanning Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Manatee Road
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Manatee Road is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatee Road
- Andrews
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Andrews is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrews
- Chiefland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Trenton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cross City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Waters Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Little Lake City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Little Lake City is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Lake City
- Suwannee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Suwannee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Horseshoe Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Otter Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bronson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Newberry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Meredith
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Meredith is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredith
- East Bronson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Branford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Steinhatchee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Steward City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Steward City is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steward City
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 Old Town Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Dixie County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Old Town Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Branford
- Bronson
- Chiefland
- Cross City
- High Springs
- Newberry
- Trenton
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 Old Town Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Florida:
- Pages specific to Dixie 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 Old Town Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #72404
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #288123 (Old Town Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #288123 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: Dixie
- Est. Elev: 7 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Fanning Springs
- Location given for Old Town Cemetery:
- Lat: 29.5896793 Lon: -82.9659586
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Florida's counties, including Dixie, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Old Town 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |